Ecology

 ECOLOGY

It is a science, in which study of organisms is undertaken in relation to their environment.  This science developed in response to the increasing awareness of inter-relationships between plants, animals and their physical habitats.


Ecosystem

  • The term ecosystem was first used by AG Tansley in 1935,who defined ecosystem as a particular category of physical system, consisting of organisms and inorganic components in a relatively stable equilibrium, open and of various sizes and kinds.

  • In an ecosystem, the biotic and abiotic components are inseparably interrelated and interact with each other.  Being an open system, an ecosystem has energy and material flowing across its boundaries. 











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