Community Ecology - ULTRA DETAILED NOTES by Mohd Salman sir | CSIR | GATE | IIT-JAM | MSc | PhD

References : Ecology - peter stiling, ecology and environment - P.D. sharma, Ecology - manuels, ecology - odum

Topics covered : Community ecology or synecology introduction and basics, Ecotone concept, stability of community : resistance v/s resilience, Equilibrium theory, intermediate disturbance hypothesis, PYQs, Island Biogeography, equilibrium species, PYQs, Island size effects, Rescue effect, Target effect, Dominant species, Keystone species, PYQs, species diversity :species richness v/s species evenness, Diversity Index : simpson's index (D), or simpson's index of diversity (1-D) or Shanon-Weaver diversity index with numerical examples and PYQs, Community interactions : mutualism, commensalism, obligate mutualism, facultative mutualism or proto-cooperation, neutralism, amensalism, competition, parasitism, predation, interference, exploitation, competitive exclusion, character displacement, pre defense or avoid predation : colouration ( cryptic coloration/camouflage, warning coloration/aposematic coloration), Mimicry (mullerian mimicry, batesian mimicry), difference between predator and parasites, darwin's finches, ecological compression, resource partition, PYQs, conscious mimicry or feigning death,,aggressive mimicry, echolocation, cannibalism, scavenging, altruism. etc.

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