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.
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.
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 will cover fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an
integrated dynamic system. Topics covered include coevolution of the biosphere,
geosphere, atmosphere and oceans, photosynthesis and respiration the hydrologic,
carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Author(s): Prof. Edward DeLong and Prof. Penny
Chisholm
This note covers the following
topics: Evolution, Physiological Ecology, Plant Physiological Ecology, Animal
Physiological Ecology, Population Ecology, Population Growth, Population Cycles,
Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology.
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
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, Clements is best known for his
theory of community development or plant succession. The authors were brought
together in this task of attempting to correlate the fields of plant and animal
ecology by the common belief that it would tend to advance the science of
ecology in general.
Author(s): Frederic
Edward Clements and Victor E. Shelford