Syllabus
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Course Code: M-Z 201 Course Name: Population and Community Ecology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1.0 Basic Concepts: Definition, Scope and Significance of Ecology, Concept of biosphere, atmosphere, litho sphere and hydrosphere. 2.0 Organizational level of ecological systems, Ecological aspects of abiotic, biotic and edaphic factors, limiting factors 3.0 Ecosystem: Concept, Kinds and components 4.0 Ecological energetic and energy flow: Food chains, food webs, trophic structure; concept of productivity: primary, secondary, gross and net, Energy flow models. |
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| 2 | 5.0 Restoration Ecology Ecology of Disturbed Ecosystems: disturbance and its impact on the structure and functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. 6.0 Population characteristics 6.1 Introduction and concepts of population ecology 6.2 Attributes of populations 6.3 Population density, methods of population density measurement 6.4 Growth rate and growth forms 6.5 Natality, mortality, survivorship curves and life tables 6.6 Biotic potential – Generation time, net reproductive rate reproductive values 6.7 Population and distribution. 6.8 Population dispersion |
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| 3 | 7.0 Population regulation and Interactions 7.1 Extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms 7.2 Concept of density dependent and density independent factors in population regulation. 7.3 Concept of intra specific and inter specific population interactions 7.4 Protocooperation, mutualism and commensalisms 7.5 Host-parasite interactions, Life history strategies – r and k selection. 8.0Competition and niche theory 8.1 Intraspecific and inter specific interactions 8.2 History of niche concepts 8.3 Gause’s theory of niche |
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| 4 | 9.0 Predation 9.1 Theory; predator-prey oscillations 9.2 Model of prey – predatory dynamics 9.3 Role of predation in nature 9.4 Parasitism 10.0 Community characteristics 10.1 Species diversity; Biodiversity indices: Diversity, dominance, Similarity& dissimilarity Index 10.2 Ecological Succession 10.3 Ecological dominance 10.4 Ecotones and Edge effect 11.0 Ecological Impact Assessment |
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