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PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY [1]

Paper Code: 
CZOL113T
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course 

Learning outcomes 

(at course level)

Learning and  teaching strategies

Assessment  Strategies 

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Paper Title

CZOL113T

Perspectives in Ecology

The students will be able to-

 

CO 1: Critique the concepts of  Ecosystem. 

CO 2: Appraise the Biogeochemical  cycles. 

CO 3: Investigate the Characteristics  of Population and Community. 

CO 4: Support the Types and  Patterns of Ecological succession. 

CO5: Explore the Major biomes of  the world.

 

The approach in  teaching: 

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

Learning activities for  the students: 

Self-learning  

assignments, Effective  questions, Seminar  presentation, Giving the  tasks, 

Class test  

Semester end  examinations, Quiz,  

Assignments,  Presentation 

Surprise test 

Open book test

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Unit I: Introduction to Ecology
 
History of ecology, Autecology and synecology, Levels of organization, 
Laws of limiting factors, 
Concepts of limiting factors
Abiotic Factors of Environment—temperature, light, pressure
Substratum-Soil as a substratum
12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II: Population
   
Unitary and Modular populations
Unique and group attributes of population: Density, natality, mortality, life tables,
fecundity tables, survivorship curves, age ratio, sex ratio, dispersal and dispersion
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,
 
14.00
Unit III: 
Unit III: Community Ecology
 
Community characteristics: species richness, dominance, diversity, abundance, vertical stratification, 
Ecotone and edge effect; 
Ecological succession 
Intraspecific & interspecific relationships
Niche concept
Predation & parasitism- Concept, Host- parasite relationship
 
12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV: Ecosystem
                         
Types of ecosystems with one example in detail, Food chain: Detritus and grazing food chains, Linear and Y-shaped food chains, Food web, Energy flow through the ecosystem, Ecological pyramids and Ecological efficiencies
Nutrient and biogeochemical cycles :Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Sulpur, Carbon cycle
 
13.00
Unit V: 
Unit V: Applied Ecology
                                                                        
Ecology in Wildlife Conservation and Management
Habitat Ecology: Fresh water, Marine, Terrestrial- Desert, Estuarine water
Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
 
● P.D. Sharma, Ecology & Environment Rastogi Publications.
● 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.
 
SUGGESTED READINGS:
 
● Ecology and Field Biology, Robert L Smith, Harper CollinsPub, New York.
● Textbook of Ecology, G.T. Miller and S. Spoolman, Brookes Cole, England.
 
e-RESOURCES:
 
e-JOURNALS:
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
 
Academic Year: 
2023-2024 [5]

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