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 note explains the following topics: ecology,
Population parameters and regulation, Community organisation and interaction
among organisms, Ecological succession and climax, Major biomes of the world.
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
Ecosystem services as
a concept plays a key role in solving global environmental and human ecological
crises and associated other problems, especially today when the sixth major
extinction event of the history of the biosphere is in progress, and humanity
can easily become a victim of it. The aim of this book is to give an
overview and report from the frontiers of research of this important and
interesting multidisciplinary area.
This note
explains the following topics: Definition, Branches and Scope of
Ecology,Ecosystem Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Ecological Factors, Pollution
Ecology, Biogeographical regions of India, Vegetation types of Uttarakhand,
Applied Ecology And Remote Sensing, Biostatistics, Methods Graphic and
Non-graphic presentation of data,1-Measures of Dispersions and Deviations,
Correlation, Statutory test.
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