INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Ecology is the science which concerns with relationship between living organisms with their physical environment. It is the study of the interactions of organisms and their environments. We consider it from the angle of organisms and how these organisms adjust to environment. A ecosystem consists of mutually interacting organisms and their environment in which matter is interchanged. The environment in which a particular organism lives is called ‘habitat’. Its role is called as ‘niche’. Environment is then divided into four categories as terrestrial environment, fresh water environment, marine environment and symbiotic environment. The methods of ecology fall roughly into three categories: descriptive surveys of patterns of species and resource distribution and abundance, theoretical modeling, and experimental manipulations. Ecological systems are “open” systems, and patterns and processes are products of a huge number of interacting forces. Ecology and the environmental sciences have made enormous advances since the mid-twentieth century in the understanding of ecological systems, as well as in the human impact on the environment. Theory in ecology usually centers on the development of models. Environmental outcomes are uncertain and when making decisions under uncertainty, there are a variety of options available.The word ‘environment’ means surrounding in which organisms live. It is the sum total of conditions that surround us at a given point in time and space. The environment can be biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or non-living). It influences the growth and development of living forms. Environment regulates the life of the organisms including human beings. Human beings interact with the environment more vigorously than any other living beings. Ordinarily, environment refers to the materials and forces that surround the living organism. It provides us with all the resources for leading a comfortable life.Ecology may be defined as the scientific study of the relationship of living organisms with each other and with their environment. The term ecology was first coined in 1869 by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel. It has been derived from two Greek words, ‘oikos’, meaning home or estate and ‘logos’ meaning study. The emphasis is on relationships between organisms and the components of the environment namely abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living). Environment is the surrounding in which the organisms live whereas the ecosystem involves the interaction between the environment and the organisms living in it.
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Ecology, Environment, Population growth, Degradation of soils, Global atmospheric changes, Loss of biodiversity/Habitat destruction, Pollution
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"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECOLOGY", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no.396-403, May-2022, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2205041.pdf
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