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Practical: Biodiversity and Wildlife
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to
- Give hands-on experience to the students in exercises dealing with vegetation ecology.
- Understand the concepts related to vegetation dynamics.
- Acquaint students with local flora and fauna
Course Outcomes (COs):
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24CENV 202 |
Practical: Biodiversity and Wildlife |
CO18: Appraise vegetation surveys through acquired knowledge and develop a comprehensive understanding of vegetation ecology through practical experience. CO19: Analyse the flora and fauna in terrestrial communities CO20: Evaluate the effects of disturbances on plant communities through their acquired knowledge and skills in vegetation ecology CO21: Relate to the need to be well versed with issues related to environment and its protection CO22: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Conduction of practical exercises, Interpretation of results obtained after conduction of practicals, field visits Learning activities for the students: Preparation of flow charts for conduction of practical exercises, Interpretation of results according to the given study sites, Browsing through informative portals such as ENVIS |
Preparation of practical records, Preparation of Green File and Herbarium Viva Voce, Class Test, Semester End Examination |
- Study of vegetation of local area/college campus and Herbarium preparation
- Study of the fauna of the local area/college campus
- To find out the minimum size and number of the quadrat for vegetation study
- Study of vegetation density, frequency and abundance by quadrat method
- To calculate the leaf area index
- To calculate per cent leaf injury
- Determination of Chlorophyll Content of leaves from polluted and non-polluted areas
- Estimation of Dust Retention Capacity of the leaf samples
Preparation of a Record comprising of the following topics (using maps)
- Major biomes of the world
- Hotspots of Biodiversity in India
- Important Environmental Organizations (National and International)
- Project Tiger in India
- Ramsar sites in India
- National parks and sanctuaries of Rajasthan
- National parks and sanctuaries of India
- Biosphere reserves of India
Visit to a Zoo/ National Park/any natural habitat/sanctuary and report preparation for the same.
Note: Any other practical exercise (related to theory) may be conducted besides the ones mentioned above.
