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Ecology & Biostatistics [1]

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

10.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V
  • 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.
  • Environmental Biology; Verma P.S. & Agarwal U.K; S. Chand &Co. NewDelhi
  • Environmental science-S.C. Santra, New Central Book Agency.
  • Soil and the Environment: An introduction Alanwild, Cambridge press.
  • 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.

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016 [2]

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