interactive food pyramid

Interaction between different populations occur for their needs like, 1) Nature and mode of food gathering, 2) Space to rest or shelter, 3) For specific habits like aggregation, breeding et..

Competitive Interactions - Competitive interactions are seen more as a result of rivalry between two or more organisms, which depend on the same resource. There are two types of competitive interactions - a) Intraspecific is the struggle between the members of same spi..

Interspecific Interactions - Interaction between different populations occur for their needs like, 1) Nature and mode of food gathering 2) Space to rest or shelter 3) For specific habits like aggregation, breeding etc. These interactions are of three types. T..

Cooperative Interactions - Dominance and Subordination - It is a social organisation with hierarchial order. The ritualised behaviour of hierarchial dominance avoids infighting between the members. The hierarchical ranking of dominance is established through tradition, battles, age and se..

Pyramid of Energy - "Pyramid of energy is a graphic representation of the amount of energy trapped per unit time and area in different trophic level of a food chain with producers forming the base and the top carnivores at the tip". Pyramid of Energy in a ..

Ecological pyramids are also called 'Eltonian pyramids' after C. Elton. Charles Elton (1927) developed the concept of ecological pyramids who noted that "the animals at the base of a food chain are relatively abundant while those at the end are relative..

Ecological Pyramids - Ecological pyramids are also called 'Eltonian pyramids' after C. Elton. Charles Elton (1927) developed the concept of ecological pyramids who noted that "the animals at the base of a food chain are relatively abundant while tho..

>Pyramid of Numbers in a Aquatic Ecosystem So, the producers are smallest sized but maximum in number while, top carnivores are larger in size but lesser in number, so these cannot be used as prey by another. Hence the pyramid of numbers is uprigh..

Understanding the feeding relationships and the interaction between organisms in any ecosyste..

Significance of Food Chains - Food chain studies help, a) understanding the feeding relationships and the interaction between organisms in any ecosystem. b) comprehend the energy flow mechanism and matter circulation in ecosystems. c) understand the movement of toxic s..