[vc_row el_class=”inner-body-content” css=”.vc_custom_1667451920963{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Pre-requisite(s)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1667451898498{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]None[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Recommended Book(s)” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]1. Ecology (Concepts And Applications.) Moles,  M C J 6^th Edition.WCB/McGraw-Hill. New York, 2012

2. Elements Of Ecology. Thomas   M. Smith And Robert L. Smith. 8^th Ed. Benjamin Cummings, 2012.

3. Ecology. Michael L Cain, William   D. Bowman And Sally D. Hacker, 2^nd Ed. Sinauer Associates, 2011

4. Fundamentals Of Ecology. Odum, E P. And Barett, G.W. 5^th Ed

5. Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2004.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE OBJECTIVES” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]To develop an understanding about general ecology, its fundamental concepts, description of population, community, ecosystem and its types, biogeography and systems’ ecology.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE CONTENTS” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1667451881612{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

• Introduction and branches of ecology
• Levels of ecological organization: species,
• Population,
• Community and ecosystem
• A biotic and biotic factor
• Concepts of limiting factors,
• Habitat and niche
• Populations:
• Distribution and abundance,
• Population dynamics and distribution limits.
• Community organization and various concepts,
• Community dynamics
• Ecosystem: structure and function,
• Energy flow and material cycling within ecosystem and carrying  capacity
• Ecological production:  primary and secondary productivity,
• Productivity of different ecosystems

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