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'''Ecology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]]: οίκος, ''oikos'', "household"; and λόγος, ''[[logos]]'', "knowledge") is the [[science|scientific]] study of the distribution and [[Abundance (ecology)|abundance]] of [[life]] and the [[interaction]]s between [[organism]]s and their environment.  The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local [[abiotic]] factors such as [[insolation]] (sunlight), [[climate]], and [[geology]], and biotic factors, which are other organisms that share its [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]].
 
'''Ecology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]]: οίκος, ''oikos'', "household"; and λόγος, ''[[logos]]'', "knowledge") is the [[science|scientific]] study of the distribution and [[Abundance (ecology)|abundance]] of [[life]] and the [[interaction]]s between [[organism]]s and their environment.  The environment of an organism includes physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local [[abiotic]] factors such as [[insolation]] (sunlight), [[climate]], and [[geology]], and biotic factors, which are other organisms that share its [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]].