CBT 507 Plant Ecology I

Ecosystems and community dynamics: Concept, composition, classification, structure and functioning of natural and cultivated ecosystems; Marine, estuarine and terrestrial eco-systems of the world with special reference to Bangladesh; Community diversity-analysis, species diversity, elements contributing to diversity; Formation of vegetation and succession: Process and factors controlling the formation of natural and ranged vegetation. Successional processes; Natural selection and population biology: Acclimatization and naturalization, forces of selection, fitness, adaptation and productivity; Plant competition: inter- and intra-specific competition; Phytogeography: Principles and factors governing the distribution of plants; Plant conservation and management; Causes of depletion of forest in Bangladesh with their ecological impacts and possible remedies; Environ-mental pollution: Different types of pollution, causes, effects on environment and vegetation and remedies with special reference to plant productivity; Greenhouse effects: Concept, causes, effects and remedies