| Course title | |||||
| 生態系生態学 [Ecosystem Ecology] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 2～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01EN2216 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 渡辺 誠, 渡邉 泉 [WATANABE Makoto, WATANABE Izumi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| It is essential to understand ecosystems as a substantial basis of human-beings for the improvement of environmental issues and sustainable utilization of biomass resources. This subject deals with mechanism and function of ecosystems to understand ecosystems for environmental and natural resource science. We will lecture from the fundamental aspects of ecosystem to material cycle, biodiversity and conservation of global environment. |
| Expected Learning |
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Understanding the overview of ecosystem and their functions, and anthropogenic disturbance of ecosystems for the issues of environment and natural resources. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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1. A concept of global system and ecosystem 2. Physical geography and biological geography (climate system and water cycle) 3. History of ecology 4. Evolution and extinction with environment changes 5. Excursion in Fuchu campus 6. History of terrestrial ecosystems from birth to succession, and geographical distribution of vegetation. 7. Carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystem (mainly forest) 8. Nitrogen cycle in terrestrial ecosystem (mainly forest) 9. Phosphorus cycle 10. Plant defense against herbivore 11. Forest decline and their causes 12. Forest landscape and ecosystem service 13. Biodiversity 14. Changes of global system (anthropogenic disturbance) 15. Conservation of global ecosystem |
| Prerequisites |
| Nothing in particular |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Nothing in particular |
| References |
| Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology (ed. by Chapin et al.). Springer, 2011. We will introduce further references during the lecture |
| Assessment/Grading |
| We will assess based on the answer to the question in the end of each lecture (30%) and the final report (70%). The points of report assessment are “understanding the task”, “logical structure” and “correct writing”. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| The stimulation of human activity after the Industrial revolution seriously affect our life through various changes in ecosystems. Although ecosystem is very complex system, many interesting and important knowledge have been obtained as a result of great efforts by forerunners. We hope you will deeply consider “our” ecosystems and learn the basis for the conservation of them through our lecture. Two staffs will lecture in this subject. Please contact us by e-mail in each. |
| Course keywords |
| Ecosystem, material cycle, biodiversity, conservation of ecosystems |
| Office hours |
| After second lecture on Tuesday. Question during and after the lecture is always welcome. You also can ask us via e-mail. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Nothing in particular |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Nothing in particular |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 2/20/2019 6:12:06 PM |