Ecologists

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of ecologist form-of, plural

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biologistbotanistenvironmentalistichthyologistnaturalisttaxidermist

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"Plants can react to sounds. University of Missouri chemical ecologists Heidi Appel and Jack Schultz recorded the subtle chewing noises of a caterpillar eating a plant. Being eaten stimulated the plant’s defenses. But when the sounds were played to another plant that was not being eaten, they triggered a defensive response."

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