Course title
動物生態学   [Animal Ecology]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	Fall
Course type	Fall	Course code	01RN2234
Instructor(s)
金子 弥生, 米崎 史郎   [KANEKO Yayoi, YONEZAKI Shirou]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

For application of wildlife conservation/management, it is important to learn ecology of target species/population. This lecture targets 1) life history traits, 2) faunal regions, 3) relationship between mammals (terrestrial/aquatic carnivores, herbivores) and those habitats, 4) behavior, and 5) social system. In addition, the lecture involve basic exercise in mathematical analysis of animal ecology data using the statistic software “R”.

Expected Learning

To understand faunal regions (terrestrial and aquatic mammals), population ecology, food and feeding, environmental adaptations, and social behavior evolution. Also, students are expected to develop the basic scientific skill in statistical analysis and critical evaluation of ecological data.

Course schedule

1. Orientation 2. Biome and Faunal Regions 3. Life history traits, Locomotion 4-5. Evolution and Dental Characteristics, Foods and Feeding 6. Communication, Aggression, and Spatial Relations of Terrestrial Mammals 7-8. Social system of Terrestrial Mammals 9-11. Diversity and Specialization of Ecology in Marine Mammals with Relation to Aquatic Environment 12-13. An Introduction to Statistical Analysis of Ecology Data 14-15. Exercise in Data Analysis using R

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Japanese

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3/22/2018 11:13:34 AM