Ecology and Environment
Population Dynamics, Ecosystem Energetics & Global Biodiversity Conservation
Organism and environmental adaptations, population attributes and growth models, ecosystem trophic structures and nutrient cycles, biodiversity gradients, extinction causes, and biosphere reserves.
Organisms and Populations
Regulate, Conform, Migrate, Suspend Adaptations, Exponential vs Logistic (Verhulst-Pearl) Growth Curve, Population Interactions (+/+, +/-, +/0, -/-), Gause's Competitive Exclusion Principle.
Ecosystem
Productivity (GPP vs NPP) & Decomposition, Trophic Levels & 10% Energy Transfer Law, Ecological Pyramids (Upright vs Inverted), Hydrarch & Xerarch Ecological Succession.
Biodiversity and Conservation
Species-Area Relationship (Alexander von Humboldt), The Evil Quartet (Habitat Loss, Over-exploitation, Alien Species, Co-extinctions), In-Situ Conservation (National Parks, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves), Ex-Situ Conservation (Botanical Gardens, Cryopreservation, Gene Banks).