Biodiversity Conservation detailed syllabus for Artificial Intelligence & Data Science (AI&DS) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the AI&DS students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Artificial Intelligence & Data Science 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AI&DS 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to AI&DS Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of biodiversity conservation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION Concept of Species, Variation; Introduction to Major Plant Groups; Evolutionary relationships between Plant Groups; Nomenclature and History of plant taxonomy; Systems of Classification and their Application; Study of Plant Groups; Study of Identification Characters; Study of important families of Angiosperms; Plant Diversity Application.
Unit II
INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL DIVERSITY AND TAXONOMY Principles and Rules of Taxonomy; ICZN Rules, Animal Study Techniques; Concepts of Taxon, Categories, Holotype, Paratype, Topotype etc; Classification of Animal kingdom, Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Evolutionary relationships between Animal Groups.
Unit III
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Unit IV
MEGA DIVERSITY Biodiversity Hot-spots, Floristic and Faunal Regions in India and World; IUCN Red List; Factors affecting Diversity, Impact of Exotic Species and Human Disturbance on Diversity, Dispersal, Diversity-Stability Relationship; Socio- economic Issues of Biodiversity; Sustainable Utilization of Bioresources; National Movements and International Convention/Treaties on Biodiversity.
Unit V
CONSERVATIONS OF BIODIVERSITY In-Situ Conservation- National parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, Biosphere reserves; Ex-situ conservation- Gene bank, Cryopreservation, Tissue culture bank; Long term captive breeding, Botanical gardens, Animal Translocation, Zoological Gardens; Concept of Keystone Species, Endangered Species, Threatened Species, Rare Species, Extinct Species
Text Books:
- A textbook of Botany: Angiosperms- Taxonomy, Anatomy, Economic Botany & Embryology. S. Chand, Limited, Pandey, B. P. January 2001
- Principles of Systematic Zoology, Mcgraw-Hill College, Ashlock, P.D., Latest Edition.
- Microbiology, MacGraw Hill Companies Inc, Prescott, L.M., Harley, J.P., and Klein D.A. (2022).
- Microbiology, Pearson Publisher, Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L.Case, 13th Edition 2019
Reference Books:
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Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- An insight into the structure and function of diversity for ecosystem stability.
- Understand the concept of animal diversity and taxonomy
- Understand socio-economic issues pertaining to biodiversity
- An understanding of biodiversity in community resource management.
- Student can apply fundamental knowledge of biodiversity conservation to solve problems associated with infrastructure development.
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