importance of ecology

Ecological succession is of great importance as i) It provides information, which help to have control on the growth rate of one or more species in a given geographical area. ii) It helps in reforestation and forest management programm..

. If the deer disappear, then the tigers will starve and dwindle in number. And if the plants disappear, then deer cannot survive and as a result the tigers also cannot survive. Such an event in the earlier days has resulted in the creation of deserts such as Sahara in Africa and the Thar desert in..

Air in motion is called wind. Wind velocity can be measured by an Anemometer. It is an important ecological factor of the atmosphere affecting variously the plant life on flat plains, along sea coasts and at high altitudes in mountain..

The importance of maintaining the ecological balance and conservation of the resources has been increasingly becoming clear in the last two decades. It has now become necessary for all countries in the world to recognise this fact and plan what is known as 'sustainable developm..

Climatic Factors - Wind - Air in motion is called wind. Wind velocity can be measured by an Anemometer. It is an important ecological factor of the atmosphere affecting variously the plant life on flat plains, along sea coasts and at high altitudes in mountains. Air generally mo..

>Edaphic resources include alluvial, black soil, red soil, laterite soil, desert soil and problematic soil Forest resources are useful to man in many ways Crop resources include all types of crops - whose cultivation has provided, food, fodder, clothing, industrial products to human beings Aquatic ..

a) Local species diversity is directly related to the efficiency with which the predators prevent the monopolization of an environmental area by any species. b) Predation keeps the prey population under check, so as to maintain an ecological balance. c) Weak and less efficient members in..

Forest Resources - Forests are the most important resource of our globe. Naturally formed forests are found in such parts of globe - where the factors of plant growth have been ideal for several centuries. For this reason, they are mostly found in regions of high rainfall and regions of h..

Wild life resources include all animals, which grow and propagate naturally without any sort of human interference. They remain in wild form without any sort of friendly association with man. Invariably they are in forests. Wildlife serves as a resource to maintain the ecological balance ..

As mentioned earlier man's intervention is causing drastic changes in the environmental systems of earth and disturbing its ecological balance. This disturbance gets compounded with the problem of population explosion in the world especially the developing countries. The rate per annum at..