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 01en2044
Instructor(s)
渡辺 誠, 渡邉 泉   [WATANABE Makoto, WATANABE Izumi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  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
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
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. Landscape and ecosystem service
13. Biodiversity
14. Changes of global system (anthropogenic disturbance)
15. Conservation of global ecosystem
Prerequisites
This lecture is a specialized subject.
Students need to preview and review for an amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT, in addition to the attendance of lecture (30 hours).
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
1/6/2021 12:30:16 PM