Bhanabatta, also known as Bana, authored the Harshacharita which gave details about king Harsha’s life and his court. For further reading check... View Article
Chandragupta I of the Gupta Empire came to be known as the Maharajadhiraj due to the powerful alliances he made in the Ganges region. For... View Article
Faxien, also spelt as Fa-Hien, was the first Chinese traveller to visit India in the early fifth century. The purpose of his visit was to look... View Article
Ecotone - When an ecosystem (or community) changes abruptly from one to another, that zone is called an ecotone. Know more about ecotone on the... View Article
Fragmentation of the habitat is one of the major threats to the species. Habitat loss and divided forest ranges force the lion-tailed macaques... View Article
The lion-tailed macaques, endemic to the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats in southern India, are endangered animals. Read more on the... View Article
The role that a species plays is called its ecological niche. A niche includes more than what an organism eats or where it lives. For example,... View Article
Based on the interactions of species with the physical and biological world, niches are of three types- Spatial or habitat niche - is the... View Article
A few examples of ecological niches of the following animals - Lion: Its predatory capacity makes it a tertiary or quaternary consumer of the... View Article
Within the environment there are two different types of ecological niche, They are - Fundamental Niche - This type implies the range of... View Article
An ecological or environmental niche refers to the interrelationship of a species with all the biotic and abiotic factors affecting it. It... View Article
The ecological niche describes how a species interacts within an ecosystem. The niche of a species depends on both abiotic (non-living) factors... View Article
The niche of an organism is the functional role that it plays within an ecosystem. The niche is determined by the biotic factors, which... View Article
When used in the science of ecological biology, the term niche is used to define an organism's role in an ecosystem. It Includes the environment... View Article
Mangroves are a group of trees and shrubs that live in the coastal intertidal zone. Mangroves grow along the coasts in the salt marshes, tidal... View Article
Tropical Rain Forests are found in warm and humid areas with annual precipitation of over 200 cm and mean annual temperature above 22 degrees... View Article
Rainforests forests are well stratified, with layers. They are structured in four layers: emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor. ... View Article
