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What is ecology?
Ecology is the branch of science that deals with the relationship of organisms with one another and with their physical surroundings.
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What are the different levels of ecology?
The different levels of ecology include- organisms, communities, population and ecosystem.
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What are the different types of ecology?
The different types of ecology include- molecular ecology, organismal ecology, population ecology, community ecology, global ecology, landscape ecology and ecosystem ecology.
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How are ecology and evolution related?
Ecology plays a significant role in forming new species and modifying the existing ones. Natural selection is one of the many factors that influences evolutionary change.
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Who devised the word ecology?
Ecology was first devised by Ernst Haeckel, a German Zoologist. However, ecology has its origins in other sciences such as geology, biology, and evolution among others.
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What is habitat ecology?
Habitat ecology is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of an organism live, characterized by both physical and biological features.
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What is a niche?
An organism free from the interference of other species and can use a full range of biotic and abiotic resources in which it can survive and reproduce is known as its fundamental niche.
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