Module-1-Introduction
Module-1-Introduction
Module 1
Introduction
supply, and interaction with other organisms. The term ecology was coined by
the biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866.
Ecology may be concerned with individual organisms (for example,
behavioral ecology, feeding strategies), with populations (for example,
population dynamics), or with entire communities (for example, competition
between species for access to resources in an ecosystem, or predator-prey
relationships). Applied ecology is concerned with the management and
conservation of habitats and the consequences and control of pollution.