The overall
aim of this note is to introduce students to the basic variables associated with
the studying of the natural resources in our world. Topics covered includes:
Nature of resources, Man and the natural environment, Sustainability in the use
of resources, Policies, laws and regulations on natural resources, Instruments
of environmental protection, Conflicts in resource conservation, Economic,
cultural, political and social considerations in resource, conservation and
management, Watershed management and nature reserves, Wildlife conservation in
Africa and Emerging issues in resources conservations.
This PDF covers the following topics related to Ecology :
Introduction, A simple reproducible project workflow, Organising projects for
reproducibility, Programming, Reproducible reports, Version control, Archiving,
Resources, Acknowledgements.
Ecology is defined as the study of inter relationship and interaction
of different organisms with each other and with their environment. It is
concerned with the general principles that apply to both animals and plants.
This PDF covers the following topics related to Ecology : Introduction,
Environmental Impact Assessment and Legislation, Planning and Evaluation
Techniques, Environment Quality and Design.
Author(s): Sathyabama Institute of Science and
Technology
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.
Applied ecology is a framework for the application of knowledge about ecosystems so that
actions can be taken to create a better balance and harmony between people and
nature in order to reduce human impact on other beings and their habitats.
Topics covered includes: Conservation Management, Habitat Creation,
Agro-Ecological Systems, Wetland Engineering, Disease Transmission, Breeding and
Reintroduction of Rare Species, Environmental Valuation, Nature Tourism, The
Endangered Resources, New Societies and Cultures, Case Studies.
This note covers productivity and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems,
trophic dynamics, community structure and stability, competition and predation,
evolution and natural selection, population growth and physiological ecology.
There is particular emphasis placed on aquatic systems.
Author(s): Prof. Sallie Chisholm and Dr. Laurel
Schaider
This book, Landscape Ecology has written
to present major and efficient applications in landscape ecology, as well as to
propose a solid action for this category of topics. The book aims to illustrate
various treatment methods of the land-use models impact on landscape ecology
creation.