NPTEL : NOC:Wild Life Ecology (Biotechnology)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Ankur Awadhiya, Prof. Mainak Das


Lecture 1 - Introduction to the course

Lecture 2 - A historical overview of Ecology

Lecture 3 - Ecology and Evolution

Lecture 4 - The levels of organisation

Lecture 5 - Species abundance and composition: Biodiversity

Lecture 6 - Biodiversity - II

Lecture 7 - Positive Interactions

Lecture 8 - Negative Interactions

Lecture 9 - Study of Behaviour and Behavioral Ecology

Lecture 10 - Food chains, Food webs and trophic levels

Lecture 11 - Primary Production

Lecture 12 - Nutrient Cycles

Lecture 13 - Population parameters and demographic techniques

Lecture 14 - Population growth and regulation

Lecture 15 - Population studies and applications

Lecture 16 - Community nature and parameters

Lecture 17 - Community changes and ecological succession

Lecture 18 - Community organisation

Lecture 19 - Biography: Analysis of geographic distributions

Lecture 20 - Why are things where they are?

Lecture 21 - Some push and pull factors in greater detail

Lecture 22 - Threats to species

Lecture 23 - In-situ conservation

Lecture 24 - Ex-situ conservation

Lecture 25 - Introduction and impacts

Lecture 26 - Human population growth and food requirements

Lecture 27 - Sustainable development

Lecture 28 - Oil spills

Lecture 29 - Plastic and biodiversity

Lecture 30 - Impacts of climate change

Lecture 31 - Optimum yield problem

Lecture 32 - Biological control

Lecture 33 - Ecotoxicology and pollution management, Restoration ecology

Lecture 34 - Revision

Lecture 35 - Revision

Lecture 36 - Revision