In this article, we will discuss about the various branches of ecology and levels of ecological organisation (ecological hierarchy) Branches of Ecology: On the basis of study of organism individually or in group, ecology may be sub-divided into following types: 1. Autecology: It involves the study of an individual animal or plant throughout its life in relation to the habitat [...]
The following five points will highlight the five major ecological plants groups. The five ecological plants groups are: (1) Hydrophytes (2) Hygrophytes (3) Mesophytes (4) Xerophytes and (5) Halophytes. Group # 1. Hydrophytes: Plant adapted to live nearly or quite submerged in water called as hydrophytes. Such plants have much reduced, or sometimes altogether absent, root system. The leaves, if [...]
It is a process in which the massive consolidated rocks are broken down into smaller particles and eventually into the individual minerals of which they are composed. As a result of Lathering the rock fragments and the minerals are changed to new minerals either by alteration or by complete chemical changes. Weathering processes are distinguished into the following three types [...]