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Define the following ecological terms (i)Ecology (II)Habitat (iii)Ecological niche (iv)population (v)Community (vi)Ecosystem

Define the following ecological terms
(i)Ecology
(II)Habitat
(iii)Ecological niche
(iv)population
(v)Community
(vi)Ecosystem

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Eric
(i)study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment

(ii)A specific locality (home) of a living organism with a set of factors (conditions) in which
an organism lives

(iii)Role of an organism in its habitat e.g. feeding relationship

(iV)Number (group) of organisms of a species occupying a given habitat

(v)Refers to different species of (plants and animals) organisms in a given habitat (area) coexisting
or interacting (living) with each other and the environment in which they live

(vi)A community of organisms interacting with one another and the environment in which
they live


ericmunguti answered the question on October 5, 2018 at 06:18

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