ZOOL 41056

>< Type/status : Compulsory course for the students who follow special degree programme in Zoology.
>< Title : Applied Ecology and Environmental Management
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 22034
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 41022
>< Objectives: By the end of the course the students will be able to understand, describe and critically discuss current ecological concepts, population ecology, behavioural ecology, environmental management and advanced sampling techniques used in ecological studies.
>< Course contents:

Sampling techniques, Quantitative population studies, River continuum concept, horizontal zonation, Flood pulse concept, Ecology of disturbance, Theory of patch dynamics, Gap theory, Niche theory and speciation, Intermediate disturbance hypothesis, properties of populations, population growth, reproductive strategies, life tables, key factor analysis, life history patterns, population regulation mechanisms, Behavioural ecology, measurement of functions of behaviour, ecology of habitat selection, ecology of foraging, ecology of anti-predatory behaviour, ecology of reproduction, ecology of social organizations, Principles of environmental Management, current practices; Environmental protection, legislation, protected areas for species, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, sustainable development, principles of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem management, biomanipulation, environmental Impact assessments, Environmental Protection licenses, Environmental Pollution and monitoring, International standards for pollution control, environmental policies and regulations

>< Methodology: A combination of lectures, tutorial discussions and seminar presentations
>< Scheme of evaluation: End-of-course written examination
>< Recommended reading:
1. Osborne, P.L. (2000) Tropical Ecosystems and Ecological Concepts: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2. Krebs, C.J. (1998) Ecological Methodology. Addison Wesley Longman, California.
3. Southwood, T.R.E. and Henderson, P.A. (2000) Ecological Methods. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London.
4. Odum, E.P. (1971) Fundamentals of Ecology: Saunders College Publishers, Philadelphia.
5. Krebs, C.J. (1985) Ecology: Harper & Row Publishers, New York.
6. Manning, A. and Dawkins, M.S. (1995) An Introduction to Animal Behaviour. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
7. Gilpin, A. (1995). Environmental Impact assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
8. Glasson, J., Therivel, R. and Chadwick, A. (1999). Introduction to environmental Impact Assessment, 2nd edition, UCL Press, London.
9. Krebs, J.R. and Davis, N.B. (1984) Behavioural Ecology; An evolutionary approach. Blackwell, Oxford.
10. Connell, D., Lam, P. and Richardson B. (1999) Introduction to Ecotoxicology. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
11. Jamil, K. (2001) Bioindicators and Biomarkers of Environmental Pollution and Risk Assessment. Science Publishers Inc., Plymouth.

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