ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Acquifer:
Stratum
containing groundwater. Water table
is upper layer of groundwater.
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Ecological
Equivalents: Different organisms occupying similar
niches in different geographical areas.
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Parasitoids:
Organisms which live as parasites in larval stage but become free living later
on, eg, Trichogramma. Parasitoids are
used to control crop pests.
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Oxylophytes
(Oxyphytes): Plants growing in acidic soils.
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Eremophytes:
Desert plants, found in deserts and steppes.
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Chersophytes:
Plants growing in shallow soils or wasteland.
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Psychrophytes:
Plants growing in cold soils.
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Chasmophytes
(Chasmaphils): Plants growing in rock crevices.
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Chasmochophytes:
Plants growing on detritus present in rock crevices.
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