Question

Statement 1: The study of a single individual or a population in relation to the environment is called autecology
Statement 2: A study of a group of individuals or a community in relation to the environment is called synecology
A)Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
B)Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect
C)Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct
D)Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

Answer 1

Hint: An approach to ecology in which the study of the environment in relation to only one species is known as autecology whereas, the study of the environment affects the group of species coexisting in the area is known as synecology.

Complete answer
-The branch of biology which at the level of communities, populations, and ecosystems is dealing with the distribution, abundance, and interaction of living organisms, is known as ecology, and has a different subfield.
-The study of the interaction of living and nonliving factors with an individual organism or a single species of its environment is known as autecology.
-It is an experimental method dealing with various variables in order to understand the needs of life history and behavior of the organisms or species. The variables include light, humidity, and available nutrients.
-This is a field of ecology that concerned with the relations between a group of organisms or existing biological communities is known as Synecology.
-The distribution and abundance of demography and interaction between the coexisting groups of organisms are encompassed by them.
-Interspecific interactions come under Synecology.

Additional answer
-In ecology and ecological units comprises a group of organisms or a population of various species that occupies a particular area and interacts with one another and their environment.
-It usually focuses on understanding the interaction of a group of organisms within a community.
-The distribution, structure, demography, and abundance of organisms that coexist in a community are studied by synecology.
-It is a study of the symbiotic relationship that occurs in a community like competition, mutualism, commensalism, and predator-prey population dynamics.

So, the correct answer is,” Both statements 1 and 2 are correct”.

Note:
-A branch of ecology that deals with the individual’s organism of species in relation to its environment is known as Autecology.
-A branch of ecology that deals with the relation between groups of organisms or quality for logical communities is known as Synecology.