| Course title | |||||
| 森林生態学 [Forest Ecology] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 2～ | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 01rn2021 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 戸田 浩人, 崔 東寿, 吉田 智弘, 小池 伸介 [TODA Hiroto, CHOI Dongsu, YOSHIDA Tomohiro, KOIKE Shinsuke] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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Aim: The aims of this course are to understand scientifically and comprehensively the conditions of a forest ecosystem that consists of living parts (i.e. trees, mammals, insects, microorganisms etc.), non-living parts (environmental factors), and their interactions. Summary: This course provides the topics of 1) the concept and characteristics of forest ecosystems, 2) material production and nutrient cycling, 3) living organisms that constitute forest ecosystems, and 4) the interactions between the biotic and abiotic factors in the systems, and thus resulting in developing a better judge of forest ecosystems. |
| Expected Learning |
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Criterion for achievement: To obtain the basic knowledge for sound growth of forests and for evaluation of soundness of them, by understanding the rules of forest ecosystems. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ ) |
| Course schedule |
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1. Outline of forest ecology: Aims and standard, Linkage between forest ecology and the associated course. 2. The concept and characteristics of Forest ecosystems: What is the Forest ecosystems? 3. Production in forest ecosystems: Environment and competition 4. Nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems: function of soil and microbes 5. Evolution and physiological ecology of trees 6. Symbiosis of trees with fungi and microorganisms 7. Reaction of trees corresponding to environments 8. Climate changes and soundness of forest ecosystem 9. The characteristics of mammals and birds in forest ecosystems 10. The function of forest as habitat for animals 11. The function of animals in forest ecosystems 12. The characteristics of insects and soil fauna in forest ecosystems 13. The function of insects and soil fauna in forest ecosystems 14. Research topics of insects and soil fauna in forest ecosystems 15. Returning reports, explaining the assignment and Q & A (It is random order partly.) |
| Prerequisites |
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Associated course: Ecology, Forest Environment, Forest Dendrology, Silviculture, Sustainable Forest Management, Practice on Forest Dendrology, Practice on Silviculture, Experiments and Practice on Forest Soil，Practice on Forest Health and Arboriculture In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below. We assign preparations for lessons every class to develop an understanding of topics of our course. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| We provide a handout accordingly. |
| References |
| Please see the syllabus in Japanese version. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Evaluating the submitted four reports of 1) Material production, nutrient cycling and microbes, 2) Trees and fungi, 3) Mammals, 4) Insects and soil fauna, in forest ecosystems: the each score accounts for 25% of the total scores. We do not evaluate the scores of a person who attends less than 70% of this course. The past results 2019 S:3%, A:44%, B:38%, C:9%, D:6% 2018 S:6%, A:57%, B:25%, C:9%, D:3% 2017 S:4%, A:36%, B:47%, C:10%, D:3% |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| We comprehensively teach the basic topics of forest ecology. We welcome your questions about the topics of this course. When you do not understand a content of our lecture, you first look it up in the textbooks and references. If you still do not understand, please ask us directly or with a comment card or by email. |
| Course keywords |
| Material production and nutrient cycling, Trees, Mammals, Insects and soil invertebrates, Microorganisms |
| Office hours |
| Please make an appointment by email. |
| Remarks 1 |
| We will show a detailed class schedule and issues of preparations for lessons by the first class. |
| Remarks 2 |
| Information of the changes such as class schedules by covid-19, please confirm it in the Google Classroom of this subject. |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 5/18/2020 9:51:12 AM |