Course Description & Objectives:
- Concepts of ecology.
- Ecosystem and the concept of the biosphere.
- Interrelationship between biotic and biotic factors.
- Energy flow; nutrient cycles in ecosystems-Ecology of communities.
- Tropical terrestrial and aquatic biomes,
- Population, community, ecosystem dynamics.
- Energy flow, Biogeochemical cycles, Balance of nature, Ecosystems conservation.
- The major ecosystems of East Africa and their resilience from disturbance.
- East African biomes: forests, grasslands, montane, aquatic.
- Uganda’s Ecological zones and their protection.
- Alien species. Use of eco-technology in resource harnessing.
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