ZOOL 42123

>< Type/status : Compulsory course for the students who follow special degree programme in Zoology.
>< Course code : ZOOL 42123
>< Title : Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management
>< Pre-requisites : ZOOL 12014 and ZOOL 22034
>< Objectives: By the end of the course the students will be able to demonstrate knowledge in biodiversity and critically discuss methods used in biodiversity conservation
>< Course contents:

Biodiversity and its values, the major threats to biodiversity, habitat fragmentation, exploitation of biological resources, Introduction of alien species, pollution, extinction of species, concept of minimum viable population size, sustainable utilization of biodiversity, Legal and international aspects, current methods used in biodiversity conservation, Ecotourism, Island biogeograply. Aims of wildlife management, Social organisation of elephants, Human elephant conflict, elephant conservation, management of crocodiles, Marine turtles, population analysis, life tables, patterns of population growth, In-situ and ex-situ conservation.

>< Methodology: A combination of lectures, web-based studies and tutorials.
>< Scheme of evaluation: End of course examination
>< Recommended reading:
1.Lévèque, C., (1997) Biodiversity dynamics and conservation, Cambridege Universtiy Press, Cambridge.
2.Helfman, G.S., Collette, B.B. and Facey, D.E. (1997) The diversity of fishes, Blackwell, Oxford.
3.Osborne, P.L. 2000. Tropical ecosystems and ecological concepts, Cambridge University Press.
4.Schulze, E. D. and Mooney, H. A. (1994) Biodiversity and ecosystem function. Springer, Amsterdam.

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