Ecology & Biostatistics

Paper Code: 
ZOL-602
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to

1. The course objectives to provide students with a basic understanding of environment and its biotic and abiotic factors

2. Learn about Biogeochemical cycles

3. Understand characteristics of Population and Community

4. Perceive knowledge about ecosystem: Concepts of food chain, food web. trophic structure

5. Describe the types and patterns of ecological succession

6. Study major biomes of the world

7. Understand scope and application of Biostatistics and Use of data analysis methods

8. Use of data analysis methods including graphing and statistical analysis.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ZOL602

Ecology & Biostatistics

The students will be able to –

CO-68 Describe Environment and its biotic and abiotic factors.

CO-69 Understand the biogeochemical cycles.

CO-70 Acquire knowledge on types and patterns of ecological succession

CO-71 Understand the major biomes of the world

CO-72 Know about scope and application of Biostatistics and Use of data analysis methods

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

 

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test

Semester end examinations

Quiz

Solving problems in tutorials

Assignments Presentation

Individual and group projects

 

10.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
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
Unit II: 
UNIT II
Intraspecific & interspecific relationships
Niche concept
Predation & parasitism- Concept, Host- parasite relationship
Communities – Succession, Biome, Ecotone, Edge effect
 

 

10.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III
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
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV
Introduction, scope and application of Biostatistics
Frequency distribution
Graphical presentation of data (bar diagram, frequency polygon, histogram, pie chart)
 

 

10.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
Mean. mode, median and their significance
Standard deviation ,variance and coefficient of variance

 

Essential Readings: 
P.D. Sharma, Ecology & Environment Rastogi Publications.
Biostatistics; Gupta, S.P.;Sultan Chand &Co.
 

 

References: 
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.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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