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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (Code: ZLG0600104)

 


WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT 

Unit 1: Introduction to Wildlife

History of Wildlife Conservation

Wildlife Conservation

Conservation Ethics 

Values and Importance of Wildlife 

Causes of Depletion of Wildlife in India

Wildlife Habitat Ecology and its Management

Biological and Ecological Basis of Wildlife Management

Conservation vs. Preservation

 Population Survey Techniques


Unit 2: Wildlife Ecology and Management

Concepts-pertaining-to-wildlife Population, density, types of density, natality,
mortality sex ratio and age structure  
Population Growth Patterns 
and concept of carrying capacity

Concepts of GIS and Remote Sensing and their utility in wildlife habitat

management.


Practicals

1. Identification of flora (Common plant species associated with wildlife)
and fauna (Mammals, Birds, Herpetofauna, and Butterflies)
2. Demonstration and applicability of basic equipment needed for wildlife
studies (Compass, Range finder, GPS, Camera Traps).
3. Demonstrations of field study techniques: line transect and quadrate
sampling.
4. Importance of indirect evidences in wildlife survey and its identification
[Animal Footprints (Pug mark & hoof mark), Animal Droppings (Scat,
Dung, Pellet), Other animal signs, Antlers, Nests of birds]
Animal trail survey or trail monitoring, use of plaster of Paris for
wildlife survey (for the indirect survey).

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