Syllabus
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Course Code: M-Z 405 Course Name: Animal Behaviour & Wildlife Conservation – II |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1.0 Social behaviour: 1.1 Aggregations and society; 1.2 Advantages of group living; 1.3 Types of social organization in animals 1.4 Group selection, kin selection, altruism, reciprocal altruism. 1.5 Territoriality and parental care 1.6 Behaviour Ecology: Habitat selection 2.0 Social behaviour of termites, ants and primates. 3.0 Various means of communication in animals: Chemical, Visual, auditory, touch etc. |
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| 2 | 4.0 Hormones and animal Behaviour: Hormones important to behavioural regulation; Genetic basis of behaviour 5.0 Aggressive behaviour; sexual attraction and sexual behaviour. 6.0 Pheromones and animal behaviour: types of pheromones, role of pheromones in animal behaviour; pheromones of social insects, Human Ethology |
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| 3 | 7.0 Wildlife Census: Planning a wildlife census, understanding sample counts, Block counts, Road side counts, Dung counts, Pugmark census, Water-hole census. 8.0 Study of signs and symptoms: A practice of recording field observations, Bio-telemetry, Ageing and Sexing techniques. 9.0 Wildlife Tourism: Definition scope and range; Popular Wildlife Tourist Sports of the world, Popular Wildlife spots in India, Sustainable use of wildlife spots. |
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| 4 | 10.0 Wildlife Damage, its nature and definition, electric fences for wildlife damage control, Basic electric fence design, Trench design, live trapping, Mist netting, Rocket netting Chemical capture: Equipment, Drugs, Plan of operation. 11.0 Poaching: Its definition and implications, conducting anti-poaching operations, evidence in poaching cases. 12.0 National Projects: Project Tiger, Project elephant, Project Rhinoceros, Project Crocodiles, Project Hangul, Manipur Brow Antlered Deer. |
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