The Ecotrends

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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September 10, 2022 Recommended

Local and Global Effects of Pollution

On the local and regional levels, air pollution creates various types of problems against living and non- living environment. In the living environment it causes different types of physical, physiological and mental diseases.

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April 10, 2021 Recommended

Talking About the World Homoeopathy Day

The Homoeopathic System of Medical Care is based on equality. Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann created the pseudoscientific System of Alternative Medicine called Homoeopathy in 1796. He was born on 10th April 1755 in Meissen, Germany and died on 2nd July 1843 in Paris, France.

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February 17, 2021 Recommended

Glaciers of Himalaya are linked to our Existence

Fighting against the Climate Change which has become the biggest problem of environment is a big challenge of today.

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January 5, 2021 Recommended

Flowers and Flower Sellers

Flowers are most beautiful and attractive parts of a plant. These contain reproductive structures- male and female. Flowers containing any one of these structures are known as unisexual whereas flowers containing both the reproductive structures are known as bisexual.

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January 6, 2024 Recommended

Urban and Rural Waste and their Management

Different activities may generate waste which may be solid or liquid. The quality of both solid and liquid wastes is increasing and if the wastes are disposed in an uncontrolled manner these may cause adverse impact on public health and environment. Hence these wastes need to be managed efficiently so as to safeguard public health and environment. In definitional terms, solid and liquid waste management is the collection, transportation, processing, recycling, treatment and disposal of waste materials.

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December 4, 2020 Recommended

Contribution of BAU- Ranchi in Oilseed Production

According to the Global Agriculture Information Network of America the oil seed production of India during 2020-21 may increase up to considerable level

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October 2, 2021 Recommended

Heredity, its basis and Variations

Chromosome during cell division

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June 8, 2022 Recommended

Factors Causing Population Change

There are four basic factors that cause population change in a country – Natality or the birth rate, Mortality or…

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January 9, 2021 Recommended

Benefits of Consuming Bottle Gourd

Bottle Gourd is also known as Calabas, White- flowered Gourd and Tasmanian Bean. Taxonomically, it is known as Lagineria siceraria belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is a vine which is cultivated for its fruit used as a vegetable.

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March 25, 2023 Recommended

Hazardous Waste- Handling and Management

In India, a Hazardous Substances Management Division has been constituted as a nodal point within the Ministry of Environment and Forest. This nodal agency is responsible for Planning, over-seeing and implementing the policies and programmes on management of hazardous substances and Chemical Emergencies.

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April 12, 2021 Recommended

A Hybrid Green House Vegetable Dryer to be Patented Soon

A Hybrid Green House dryer has been developed by Manoj Gaur, a professor at the department of Mechanical Engineering, Madhav Institute of Technology and Sciences Gwalior.

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