MLSU 1082 - ENV.SCIENCE-II Syllabus : Mohanlal Sukhadia University

FIRST YEAR SCIENCE - 2018-19
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
PAPER -II
ECOLOGICAL ORGANISATION
Duration : 3 Hrs. M.M.: 50

UNIT-I
Population ecology : Definition, natality, mortality, fecundity, age and sex ratio; population
growth form and concept of carrying capacity, population regulation.

UNIT-II
Community ecology - The biotic community concept; community characteristics- analytical
characteristics of the community - quantitative, qualitative characteristics, synthetic
characteristics of community, IVI and concept of ecological dominance.

UNIT-III
Methods of studying vegetation, gradient analysis and continuum concept, concept of ecotone
and edge effect. Species diversity and diversity indices; community classification; Ecological
niche.

UNIT- IV
Interspecific interactions - Commensalism, Amensalism, Mutualism, Protocooperation,
Symbiosis, Predation, Parasitism, Competetion, Epiphytism, Types of association-Colonization,
Aggregation, Social organization and behaviour.

UNIT-V
Ecological succession; Types, cause and processes of succession, hydrosere, xerosere,
significance of ecological succession; concept of climax.