Types of Biodiversity PPT: What is biodiversity? What are the different levels of biodiversity? What are the different types of biodiversity? How biodiversity is measured? Alpha diversity, Beta diversity, Gamma diversity, What are the uses of biodiversity? Why biodiversity is rich in Tropics? What are the Importance/significance of biodiversity? Learn […]
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Hydrosere (Hydrarch Succession) with PPT
What is Hydrosere or Hydrarch Succession? A succession originates in a water body (aquatic environment) is called Hydrosere or Hydrarch Succession. Such a succession does not necessarily lead to the development of a land community. If the water body is sufficiently large and with wave action, the succession usually results […]
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Types of Ecological Succession
In the previous post, we have discussed the Process of Ecological Succession. Here we will discuss the classification of different types of ecological successions. The ecological succession is classified into different types based on different criterions such as the origin of succession, cause, community composition and nature of substratum. An […]
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Stages of Ecological Succession (with PPT)
What is Ecological Succession? Definition: Ecological succession is the gradual and sequential replacement of one community by the other in an area over a period of time. According to E.P. Odum (1971), the ecological succession is an orderly process of community change in a unit area. It is the process […]
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Ecological Adaptations of Hydrophytes (with PPT)
What is adaptation? “Any feature of an organism which enables it to exist under conditions of its habitat is called adaptation”. Adaptations are for withstanding adverse conditions of environment and to utilize the maximum benefit of the environment (nutrition or conditions). Adaptations in plants can be of four types: 1. […]
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