Core T2 Perspectives in Ecology – Perspectives in Ecology 4 Credits Unit 1: Introduction to Ecology History of ecology, Autecology and synecology, Levels of organization, Laws of limiting factors, Study of Physical factors, The Biosphere. Unit 2: Population Unitary and Modular populations Unique and group attributes of population: Demographic factors, life tables, fecundity tables, survivorship curves, dispersal and dispersion. Geometric, exponential and logistic growth, equation and patterns, r and K strategies Population regulation - density-dependent and independent factors Population Interactions, Gause’s Principle with laboratory and field examples, Lotka-Volterra equation for competition. Unit 3: Community Community characteristics: species diversity, abundance, , dominance, richness, Vertical stratification, Ecotone and edge effect. Ecological succession with one example Unit 4: Ecosystem Types of ecosystem with an example in detail, Food chain: Detritus and grazing food chains, Linear and food chains, Food web, Energy flow through the ecosystem, Ecological pyramids and Ecological efficiencies Nutrient and biogeochemical with an example of Nitrogen cycle Human modified ecosystem Unit 5: Applied Ecology Wildlife Conservation (in-situ and ex-situ conservation).
Core T2 – Perspectives in Ecology Perspectives in Ecology 4 Credits Unit 1: Introduction to Ecology History of ecology, Autecology and synecology, Levels of organization, Laws of limiting factors, Study of Physical factors, The Biosphere. Unit 2: Population Unitary and Modular populations Unique and group attributes of population: Demographic factors, life tables, fecundity tables, survivorship curves, dispersal and dispersion. Geometric, exponential and logistic growth, equation and patterns, r and K strategies Population regulation - density-dependent and independent factors Population Interactions, Gause’s Principle with laboratory and field examples, Lotka-Volterra equation for competition. Unit 3: Community Community characteristics: species diversity, abundance, , dominance, richness, Vertical stratification, Ecotone and edge effect. Ecological succession with one example Unit 4: Ecosystem Types of ecosystem with an example in detail, Food chain: Detritus and grazing food chains, Linear and food chains, Food web, Energy flow through the ecosystem, Ecological pyramids and Ecological efficiencies Nutrient and biogeochemical with an example of Nitrogen cycle Human modified ecosystem Unit 5: Applied Ecology Wildlife Conservation (in-situ and ex-situ conservation).
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