ecological niche

September 19, 2024

What is an Ecological Niche? How is it related to habitat?

Ecological Niche Dictionary defines the term Niche as a comfortable or suitable position in the life of a living being or a role taken by a type of organism within its community. In other words, an ecological niche is the role and position a species has in its environment, for example, how it meets its food and shelter needs, survives, and reproduces. A species’ niche includes all of its interactions with its environment’s biotic and abiotic factors.

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February 15, 2021 Recommended

The Wise Owl: Let’s Protect Owl

Most of us have seen owls in our surroundings. Owls are hard to be seen in natural settings because they usually remain active during nights only.

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October 24, 2020 Recommended

Basic Concept of Biodiversity

Vast variability exists in the distribution or occurrence of different life forms in different habitats. The variability of life forms in a particular habitat is considered as the biodiversity of that habitat.

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April 4, 2021 Recommended

Palash-The State Flower of Jharkhand in India

Palash or Butea monosperma is an important tree of taxonomic family Fabaceae which is native to tropical and sub-tropical India. It is also found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Srilanka etc.

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July 12, 2020 Recommended

Rains in Nepal caused floods in Bihar

Rains in Nepal have always been responsible for floods in Bihar. Most of the rivers flowing through Bihar have their origins in Nepal. Since last three days Nepal is experiencing continuous rainfall. This is why villages in Bihar are being seriously flooded. What can be done?

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November 13, 2021 Recommended

Air Pollution may cause depression in human being

From different sources it has been confirmed that air pollution has increased in Indian cities after Deepawali festival. Delhi and many other cities of India are experiencing very heavy pollution. Particulate matter in these cities have increased up to such an extent that many persons have started suffering from breathing related problems.

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February 10, 2024 Recommended

Amazing World of Animals

The term animal has its origin from the Latin word animalis which means one who has breath. This word is usually applied for the non-human members of the Kingdom Animalia in animal taxonomy. However, the closer relatives of humans like mammals (having mammary glands) have been included in this term.

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September 18, 2021 Recommended

Vertebrates and Their Key Characteristics

According to their physical make up, there are basically two types of animals- Vertebrates and invertebrates. Invertebrates are those animals that don’t have a vertebral column or backbone. On the other hand, Vertebrates are those animals who have a vertebral column or the back bone.

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May 17, 2022 Recommended

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December 18, 2023 Recommended

Dynamics of Population

A population is a group of individuals (all members of a single species) who live together in the same habitat and are likely to interbreed. Each population has a unique physical distribution in time and space.  It may contain individuals of different ages, and its size (density) is likely to change over time. It grows or shrinks according to the reproductive success of its members.

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February 21, 2021 Recommended

Bar-coding of Plants can help find out Adulteration in Herbal Medicines

The demand of medicinal plants has increased during the corona-period due to increasing importance of Ayurveda. Everyone is not only aware about “immunity”, companies producing herbal products have started launching different products that increase and strengthen immunity.

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June 20, 2022 Recommended

The City Moves to the Water Crisis

Most of the ponds and lakes are drying up. The ground water level is falling down. As such the city is moving to grave water crisis.

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