Definations and Key points of Concepts Of Ecology

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TERMS	Definations
Ecology	Ecology is defined as the study of the relationship of organisms to their environment.
Environment	The physical and biological conditions under which an organism lives is called environment.
Population	The group of inter-breeding individuals belonging to same species and living in a common geographic area is called population.
Community	All populations within an ecosystem are known as a community.
Biomes	The major regional ecological community of plants and animals arc called bionics. –
Ecosystem	A biological community together with the associated abiotic environment is called ecosystem.
Autecology	The study of relationship of a single population to ‘ its environment is called autecology.
Synecology	The study of relationship of different communities or group of population to their environment is called synecology or community ecology.
Ecological niche	The basic role or profession of an organism in a community is called ecological niche.
Deforestations	Clearance of vast areas of forest for number. planting subsistence crops or grazing cattle is called as deforestation.
Reforestation	The replantation of trees in a forest is called reforestation
Wild life	All non-cultivated plants and non-domesticated animals are included in wild life.
Watershed	An area from which water fall in the form of rain or snow collects into a stream and river is called watershed.

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