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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April 5, 2022 Recommended

Exotic and Introduced Plants

Some propagules or seeds incidentally travel long distances and reach to other county. There they germinate and produce new plants.

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August 8, 2021 Recommended

Pituitary and Thyroid Gland of Human Body

This is a pea sized major endocrine gland. It is protected by a boney cavity called Sella turcica of the sphenoid bone. It is a protrusion of bottom of Hypothalamus at the base of the brain. This gland is also called as Hypothesis.

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October 12, 2021 Recommended

Heredity, Its Physical Basis and Variations

Some specific characters are found in the parents of each species. These characters are transferred from generation to generation through the process of sexual reproduction.

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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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March 4, 2023 Recommended

Energy for us

Anything from which we can derive energy is called as a source of energy. Since all the life processes need energy, energy is most important for our survival.

Our body derives energy from the food we eat. Thus, the food we eat is the source of energy for our body. But this is not the whole story. We need energy for our growth and economic development as well.

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May 25, 2022 Recommended

Eat Ginger to treat Degenerative Disorders

Ginger is one of the most commonly consumed condiments in the world. It is botanically known as Zingiber officinalis and…

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May 13, 2023 Recommended

Renewable Energy

Anything from which we can derive energy is called as a source of energy. Since all the life processes need energy, energy is most important for our survival. Our body derives energy from the food we eat. Thus, the food we eat is the source of energy for our body. But this is not the whole story. We need energy for our growth and economic development as well.

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October 1, 2024 Recommended

Transfer of Food through Ecosystems

All biosphere ecosystems have well-organized functions, such as cycling nutrients through food chains, operating biogeochemical cycles, and maintaining the energy flow received by green plants through solar radiation.

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October 16, 2022 Recommended

Study of Environment

Environment may be defined as ‘Complete range of various sets of external conditions comprising- physical, biological, and for human beings- cultural, economic and political conditions; in which human beings and other life forms exist in continuous interactions among themselves.

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September 1, 2021 Recommended

Reproduction and Variations

Living beings develop their population through reproduction. But reproduction is the process through which different traits appear in living beings. Variation is essential for evolution

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December 24, 2024 Recommended

Conservation and Management of Forest

A forest is a highly complex and constantly changing environment. It is made up of a variety of living things like wildlife, trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns, mosses, lichens, fungi and microscopic soil organisms; and non-living things such as water, nutrients, rocks, sunlight and air. Trees are the biggest part of this complex community.

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