What is "ecophysiology"

n. (context biology English) The study of the relationships between, and adaptation of, the physiology of an organism and its environment

Ecophysiology (from Greek , oikos, "house(hold)"; , physis, "nature, origin"; and , -logia), environmental physiology or physiological ecology is a biological discipline that studies the adaptation of an organism's physiology to environmental conditions. It is closely related to comparative physiology and evolutionary physiology.