Ecolgy and it's branches

It's all about ecology...

1. Ecology? Naseer Ullah Noor BS-Biotechnology BUITEMS

2. Ecology Was coined by a germen biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866. Ecology is derived from the Greek word Oikos which means “House” and logy means “study”. Ecology is the scientific study of interaction among organisms and the interaction of the organisms with the environment.

3. Continue… The experts on ecology are called ecologist. The nature’s “house” come in many sizes, from single cells to the entire planet. The largest of these houses is known as Biosphere.

4. Levels of organization There are six levels: Individual. Population. Community. Ecosystem. Biome. Biosphere.

5. individuals: The individual is a specie that they can breed and produce their offspring. 2 . Population : Population are the groups of individuals that belongs to the same species and live in the same area.

6. 3.communities: Assemblages of different populations that live together in defined area. 4.Ecosystem : Is a collection of all organisms that lives in a particular place together with their non-living or physical environment.

7. 5.Biomes: Large systems called biomes. Biome is a groupe of ecosystems that have the same clinical and similar dominant communities. 6.Biosphere: Contains the combine portion of the planet in which all organisms exist, including land water and air or atmosphere.

8. Branches of ecology: There are a lot of branches of ecology but here we will discuss a few which are as following: Plant ecology: Is the study of plants, here ecologist study how the plants grow and produce. Animal ecology: Study of the animals and their communities.

9. Continue… Human ecology: In this branch of ecology we study about how people relate to each other and as well as to the environment. Applied ecology: The use of ecological principals to solve the real world problems.

10. Continue… Medical ecology: Study about the public’s health according to their environmental aspects. Ecophysiology : The study about the interaction of living organisms with nonliving environment.

11. Continue… Functional ecology: The study about the species that play role in the ecosystem. Fire ecology: The study about the role of fire in the environment of animal and plants and as well as it’s effect on the ecological communities.

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