Introduction to Ecology Lecture Notes

General Ecology by NOU

This PDF covers the following topics related to Ecology : Introduction, Objectives, Definition of Ecosystem, Components of Ecosystem, Types of Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystem, Aquatic Ecosystems, Habitats and Niches, The Concept of Food Chain, Food Web, Trophic Levels and Pyramidal Relations, Pyramid of numbers, Pyramid of biomass, Self Assessment Exercise, Conclusion.

Author(s): National Open University of Nigeria

154 Pages

Mathematical Biology and Ecology Lecture Notes

The topics in this notes include : Introduction, Spatially independent models for a single species, Continuous population models: interacting species, Enzyme kinetics, Introduction to spatial variation, Travelling waves, Pattern formation, Excitable systems: nerve pulses, The phase plane.

Author(s): Dr Ruth E. Baker, University of Oxford

92 Pages

Chemical Ecology The Chemistry of Biotic Interaction

Chemical ecology has made major progress in recent decades. Topics covered includes: The Chemistry of Poisons in Amphibian Skin, The Chemistry of Phyletic Dominance, Chemical Signals in the Marine Environment, Analysis of Chemical Signals by Nervous Systems, Chemical Ecology.

Author(s): Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald

NA Pages

Microbial Methods in Ecology

This note provides an introduction to microbial methods applicable to the study of ecosystems. Topics covered includes: Bacterial Abundance, Bacterial Production, Extracellular Enzyme Assays, Microbial Biogeochemistry: Metabolism in Winogradsky columns, Microbial Food Webs: Bacteria-phytoplankton competition, Flagellate and ciliate grazing on bacteria, Molecular Techniques.

Author(s): Joe Vallino and Kristin Gribble

NA Pages

Introduction to Ecology Lecture Notes

This lecture note is prepared primarily for health officer students, and is organized based on the course outline of introduction to public health in the curriculum of health officers. Topics covered includes: Introduction to Ecological Principles, Ecosystem, Population Dynamics, The Biosphere and its Pollution, Natural Resources and their Conservation.

Author(s): Worku Legesse, Teklu Mulugeta and Aragaw Ambelu

93 Pages

Applied Forest Ecology

This note covers the following topics: Forests and Society, Ecosystem Concept and Forest Ecosystem Goods, Forest Population Ecology, Forest Community Ecology, Forest Production Ecology, Forest Nutrition and Biogeochemistry, Forest Silviculture, Forest Restoration, Forest Restoration and Forest Conservation.

Author(s): The University of Hawai

NA Pages

Ecosystem Ecology

This note explains the following topics: Ecosystem History and Concept, Earths Climate System, Geology and Soils, Stable Isotopes, Water and Energy Balance, Carbon Cycling, Temporal and Spatial Dynamics, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes, Climate Change.

Author(s): The University of Hawai

NA Pages

Dictionary of ecology

This practical dictionary is for the use of students, teachers, and investigators in ecology and related fields such as range management, forestry, wildlife, conservation, agronomy, and limnology. The aim of this dictionary is to fill the need for definitions of many new terms that have come into usage during the past thirty years and also to include many of the old terms that are used in current literature.

Author(s): Herbert C Hanson

408 Pages