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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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July 25, 2020 Recommended

Plants that survive under hardships

Many ferns grow along north or west facing walls every year. Their spores might have been there in crevices during the dry season. Unless there is a supply of water from leaking pipe they complete their life cycle within the rainy season and pack up with the passing rains. They pass away and leave for us a lesson to remain happy and survive in hard conditions.

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December 17, 2022 Recommended

Interactions between members of a species

Living beings interact among themselves in the same species, with the members of the other species, and with the components of the abiotic environment in an ecosystem. Interaction between the members of the same species is called as Intraspecific whereas the interaction among individuals of different species is called as Interspecific.

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October 26, 2021 Recommended

The Danger of Extinction of Ten Lac Species during this Century

These birds used to fly in and around our houses about some decades ago. But these birds are very rarely seen in our surroundings.

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April 14, 2021 Recommended

Processes of Life

Introduction: Living Being

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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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September 9, 2022 Recommended

Natural Habitats of animals and their importance

Natural habitats support a variety of living organisms, some of which endemic to one particular habitat.

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September 22, 2024 Recommended

Structure and Functions of Ecosystems

The environment has two basic components: Biotic and Abiotic. The biotic components of an ecosystem are living beings—plants, animals, and…

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May 22, 2021 Recommended

Rugda- A Nutrient Packed Vegetable

Rugda or the Lycoperdon or Calvatia or Geastrum is a round ball mushroom mainly indigenous to Jharkhand state of India.

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January 27, 2021 Recommended

Management and Protection of Crops

Proper arrangement of resources and techniques to check losses to crops through different factors is called as Crop Protection Management.

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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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December 29, 2020 Recommended

Come! Protect Birds in Our Surroundings

A careful study and examination is necessary to understand the nesting behaviour of birds. Nests can be and should be studied only after the migration of birds. A scientific observation and careful study of nests reveals the secrets of the nesting concepts of these little architects (birds).

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