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Which term did Haeckel coin?

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The term ecology was coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. He defined it as "the science of the relations of organisms to their environment". This definition is still valid today, and ecology is a broad field of study that encompasses many different aspects of the relationship between organisms and their environment.
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