Ecoinformatics LTPC: 3 0 0 3 1.0.0 Introduction to Algorithms Develop sound understanding of ecological concepts. Understand the ecophysical processes objectively.

y. Acquire modeling skills in ecology and apply the concept skills of econinformatics in future research projects. Expected Outcome: System Biology Unit No. 1 Number of hours: 9 Ecology Climate and Biomes Light, Heat, Water Population distribution, exponential Growth Logistic growth rates Limiting factors of geographic ranges Ecological Niches: primary vs. secondary Food webs. Aspects of modern bioremediation, phytoremediation of contaminated soils Modern tools for soil investigation. Unit No. 2 Number of hours: 9 Conservation Ecology Biodiversity Quantitative Biodiversity Threats to Biodiversity Conservation strategies Structure and Composition of atmosphere Radiation Fluid dynamics, Chemistry of rain Soil chemistry Aerobic and Anaerobic reactions in biosphere, Roles of landforms and vegetation status. Ecological consequences of fire, including competition among fire tolerant and intolerant species Unit No. 3 Number of hours: 9 Quantitative Ecoinformatics Carbon sequestration and climate change. Predicting long-term carbon dynamics of forest landscapes, including stochastic elements of disturbance. Carbon credit markets and game theory, Multi Variate Hypothesis Testing MANOVA Redundancy Analysis. Unit No. 4 Number of hours: 9 Ecology Informatics Analysis Advanced Data Modeling. Ecological monitoring and early detection. Analysis of large multidimensional ecological datasets for trends, unusual episodes. Anomaly detection. Contingency tables, t-test, regressions, contingency tables, Monte Carlo simulation, independently uses statistical tools and interprets results. Unit No. 5 Number of hours: 9 Ecological Economics Strengths and limitations of the neoclassical economics approach,,, Challenges in social and Political Economy of Environmental Economic definitions of sustainability Ecological vs. Economic sustainability Ecosystem Services. Text Books 1. M. Molles. Ecology: Concepts and Applications (4th Edition) 2. MacDonald, Glen. 2003. Biogeography: Introduction to Space, Time and Life. 3. Environmental Soil Physics Environmental Physics N J Mason and P Hughes (Taylor and Francis 1999) 4. Principles of Environmental Physics. Second edition. Monteith,J.L. and Unsworth, 5. 5. McGarigal, K., S. Cushman, and S. Stafford. 2000. Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research. Springer, New York. References Peer reviewed articles Mode of Evaluation Announced / Unannounced Quiz / tests, Assignments and Written Examination Recommended by the Board of Studies on 11th November 2009 Date of Approval by the Academic Council

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