Botany

Ecological adaptations of Plants living in salt land – High concentration of salts

Halophytes There are special type of Halophytic plants which grow on soils with high concentration of salts. Examples: Rhizophora, Sonneratia and Avicennia. Halophytes are usually found near the seashores and Estuaries. The soils are physically wet but physiologically dry. As plants cannot use salt water directly they require filtration of salt using physiological processes. This […]

Botany

Ecology, Definition of Ecology,

The term “ecology” (oekologie) is derived from two Greek words – oikos (meaning house or dwelling place and logos meaning study) It was first proposed by Reiter (1868). However, the most widely accepted definition of ecology was given by Ernest Haeckel (1869). Alexander von Humbolt – Father of Ecology Eugene P. Odum – Father of […]