"autecology" meaning in English

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          "text": "1959: Odum, '\nIn regard to subdivisions, ecology is commonly divided into autecology' and synecology."
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one of two broad subdivisions of ecology",
          "word": "autekologia"
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          "sense": "one of two broad subdivisions of ecology",
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          "sense": "one of two broad subdivisions of ecology",
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          "sense": "one of two broad subdivisions of ecology",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one of two broad subdivisions of ecology",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "autekologija"
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