Insect Ecology and Integrated Pest Management

CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ECOSYSTEM The term derived from the greek term oekologie                               Oikos – house/home                               Logy- the science of or the study of The term ecology was coined by a German biologist “ Ernst Haekel” in 1869. Definition Ecology can be defined as the science of plants and animals in relation to their environment. v   Autecology:   Study of individual organism or an individual species in relation to the environment. v   Synecology: study of the group or groups of organisms associated in a community in the same environment. TERMINOLOGIES v   Habitat ecology : study of habitat and its effects on the organisms. v   Biome: The grouping of communities that have similar structure composed of ecosystem of a similar vegetation type. v   Biome ecology: interaction between different communities in an area. v   Biota: Fauna and flora of a particular habitat. v   Population: Individual org