This document provides details about the AGR 237: Wildlife Biology course. The course covers topics like definitions of wildlife terms, justifications for wildlife conservation, status and distribution of wildlife in India, wildlife ecology, management, damage control, census methods, protected areas, and conservation strategies. Students will learn about the importance of wildlife, status of rare and endangered species, biodiversity, environmental protection, and the need for wildlife conservation. The course uses two textbooks and meets for one lecture per week.

1. AGR 237: Wildlife Biology

2. Course Details:
• LTP: 1 0 0 [One lecture/ Week]
Textbook:
• Manual for Wildlife Management in India by S.S.
Negi, International Book Distributors 1st Edition
(2013).
• Plant, Wildlife, and Man A Conservation Scenario of
Bay Islands and the Himalayas" by A.B. Chaudhuri,
A.P.H. Publishing Corporation 1st Edition (2013).

5. WILDLIFE?
Wildlife or Wild animal
species refers to all living
things, plants, invertebrates
and vertebrates outside the
direct control of man (that
is, all non-cultivated plants
and non-domesticated
animals). It embraces all
animals in their natural
habitat.

6. WHY WILDLIFE?
Wildlife is our national heritage Environmental protection
Promotion of tourism
Wildlife in traditional medicine
Employment opportunity
Revenue generation
Environmental education

7. UNIT-1 Introduction:
Contents : Definition of wildlife, free living, captive, domesticated and feral
animals. Justification of wildlife conservation, uses, values and negative impact
of wildlife. Zoogeographic regions and biomes of the world. India’s uniqueness
in biodiversity, reasons

8. UNIT-2 Status and distribution of wildlife in India:
Scientific and common names of important mammals, birds and reptiles.
Rare, endangered and threatened species of mammals, birds and reptiles
of India. Agencies involved in wildlife conservation, Govt. and NGO’s.
BNHS, WWF, Indian Board for wildlife, CITES. Biological basis of wildlife
management.

9. UNIT-3 Wildlife ecology :
Foodchain, foodweb, ecological pyramids, habitat, ecological
niche, carrying capacity, density, prey-predator relations and
population dynamics.

10. UNIT-4 Wildlife management :
History of wildlife management and conservation in India; Basic requirements of wildlife
cultural background. Habitat management: Purposes, principles, practices and tools-fire,
cutting, grazing. Habitat interspersion and edge effect. Provision of water, saltlicks and food.
Zoning – core, buffer, tourism and multiple use in protected areas. Census methods, Wildlife
diseases.

11. UNIT-5 WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL :
Mitigating human – wildlife conflict: fences, trenches, walls, lure crops,
repellents, translocation and compensation. Captive wildlife : Zoos and safari
parks. Captive breeding for conservation. Central Zoo Authority of India.

12. UNIT-6 Wildlife census and Protected areas
:
Purpose, techniques. Direct
and indirect methods of
population estimation.
Sample and total counts,
indices, encounter rates and
densities. Wildlife
(Protection) Act, 1972.
Sanctuary, National Park and
Biosphere Reserves. Special
projects for wildlife
conservation. Conservation :
Meaning, principles and
strategies, in-situ and
exsituconservation,
conserving biodiversity.
Politics-socioeconomics,role
of education andextension.
Conservation projects

13. The course outcome…
 Students will learn about the importance of wildlife in nature.
 Students will be acquaint about status of RET species in the
country.
 Students will get familiarize with bio diversity and environment.
 Student will be educated towards the need to conserve wildlife.

14. Next Class
Unit I. Introduction to Wildlife

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