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An aspect of biology which deals with the inter-relationship between biotic and a biotic component as well as the relationships among the individuals of the biotic component is called ecology. Organisms form interacting systems or communities, these communities are coupled to their environments by transfer of matter and energy and so the communities and environment are interrelated. A functional system [...]

An organism has its identity as an individual and also as a component of a population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere. But at all the levels of organization (Fig. 1.1), there is sufficient interaction between the organism and its environment. The study of this interaction (relationship) between organism and its environment is called ecology (originally in German: Oekologie). The ecological study [...]