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Ecological adaptation – Life on the Earth

Geography Notes for UPSC

Any physiological, behavioral or morphological attribute of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce in its respective habitat is called as an ecological adaptation. Adaptations help the organisms to exist under the prevailing ecological habitat.

Different types of ecosystems exist with varying ranges of environmental conditions where various plants and animal species have got adapted through evolution.

The plants which are living in water or wet places are called hydrophytes. According to their relation to water and air, they are sub-divided into following categories: i) Free floating hydrophytes, ii) Rooted- floating hydrophytes, iii) Submerged floating hydrophytes, iv) Rooted -submerged hydrophytes, v) Amphibious hydrophytes.

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