ecology of populations

The Environment influences an organism's life in many ways. It is everything that surrounds an organism and it includes physical and biological components. The physical components of the environment are soil, water, air, light and temperature. These are termed as abiotic components. The biological ..

Smallest unit of ecological hierarchy is the organism, while smallest and basic unit of taxonomic hierarchy is species. A group of individuals, having similar structural and functional characters, capable of potential interbreeding is termed as species. In nature all apecies exhibit coope..

The Environment is everything which surrounds an organism and influences its life in many ways. It includes physical and biological components. The physical components of the environment are soil, water, air, light and temperature. These are termed as abiotic components. The plants and animals are ..

. Vehicular trffic releasing carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide has caused large scale air pollution in cities. Pollution of air is the major cause human health problems such as respiratory problems, lung / throat, cancer etc. Pollution of water is also the main cause of health prob..

Natural Resource Types of misuse/ecological problems I Ecological Resources Excessive mining Loss of forest area (if mines are in forest) Displacement of population and their profession Loss of agricultural lands (if resource is i..

. Per capita land availability getting reduced every year due to high population growth, forest area is lost at an alarming rate every year mainly to be converted into agricultural land. The quantifiable utility of forest resource in the form of Forest industry corporations producing numb..

>The dangerous effects of pollution are governed by factors like concentration of pollutant exposure to pollutant area / section of population affected type of pollutant and dangers caused by them process of degradation / metabolism of pollutants Each of the above factors ultimately decid..

>The food chains and other such interrelationships in the ecosystems create a balance in the environment that is called the ecological balance. However, man tries to modify the environment to suit his needs. This has upset the delicate balance being maintained in the environment. Sustaina..