Ecology Ecology stems from the Greek words oikos house and logos which mean study of. The word was coined in the late 1800s by a German scientist named Ernst Haeckle.
Ecology is much more than the study of homes.
Ecology is the study of interrelationships between an organism and both living and non-living components of the environment. The study of interrlationships makes ecology a very dynamic and complex branch of biology. Ecological studies often tie in a wide array of different sciences.