Ecology & Biostatist

Paper Code:

ZOL-602

Credits:

3

Contact Hours:

45.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

10.00

Autecology & Synecology
Abiotic Factors of Environment—Temperature, light , Pressure
Substratum-Soil as a substratum
Biogeochemical cycles-Nitrogen, Carbon, Water & Sulphur

Populations- Characteristics, Regulation of densities, growth curves

8.00

Intraspecific & interspecific relationships
Niche concept
Predation & parasitism- Concept, Host- parasite relationship
Communities – Succession, Biome, Ecotone, Edge effect

10.00

Ecosystem- Components of ecosystem, energy flow, ecological pyramids, Food chain, Food web
Habitat Ecology-Aquatic, Marine, Terrestrial-Desert, Forest
Wildlife management, conservation of renewable resources
Environmental pollution – Air & water pollutants, Global warming, Pollution control strategies

7.00

Introduction, scope and application of Biostatistics
Frequency distribution

Graphical presentation of data (bar diagram, frequency polygon, histogram, pie chart)

10.00

Mean. mode, median and their significance
Standard deviation ,variance and coefficient of variance

Essential Readings:

Biostatistics; Gupta, S.P.; Sultan Chand & Co.
Fundamentals of ecology; Odum, E.P.; W.B.Saunders, New Delhi.
Ecology. Gary Miller, Robert, E. Riclefs. W.H. Freeman, USA.
Elements of Ecology, 5 Ed Robert Leo Smith et al. Harper Collins.
Environmental Biology (Cambridge Advanced Sciences) Michael Reiss.
Ladern,D. Modelling in Behavioural Ecology.
The Encyclopedia of Animal Ecology, P.D. Moore (Ed), Equinox (Oxford) Ltd., England.
Ecology and Field Biology, Robert L Smith, Harper CollinsPub, New York.
Textbook of Ecology, G.T. Miller and S. Spoolman, Brookes Cole, England.
Bencroft, H. Introduction to Biostatistics Harper and Row. New York, 1957.
Bailey, N.T.J. Statistical method in Biology Low Priced Text Book English Language Society, London, 1959.
Dunn. O J., Basic Statistics: A Primer for the biomedical science John Wiley & Sons. Inc. New York, 1964.

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