Course title
農学部特別講義Ⅱ(野生動物保全管理学)   [Special Lecture on Agriculture Ⅱ(Wildlife Conservation and Management)]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 1  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 01ag1043
Instructor(s)
宇野 裕之, 小池 伸介, 鈴木 正嗣, 髙木 俊, 栗山 武夫   [UNO Hiroyuki, KOIKE Shinsuke]
Facility affiliation Institute of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
The purpose of the Wildlife Conservation and Management is to understand the background of the social issues and basic ecology with wildlife, habitat and human dimensions of wildlife.

Expected Learning
Students need to gain ability to explain the wildlife conservation and management as follows:
1) the inhabitation status of wildlife and the damage to agriculture, forestry and fisheries based on the research data,
2) the establishment of management plan, implications, and monitoring.
Course schedule
1. What is wildlife management? (Kaji K; Uno H)
2. Wildlife management in Europe and North America. (Kaji K; Uno H)
3. The bases of population dynamics (Uno H)
4. Overabundance of wildlife (Uno H)
5. Population management for large mammals (Suzuki M)
6. Population monitoring (Takagi S)
7. Habitat for wildlife (Kuriyama T)
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
None
References
Wildlife management (Washitani et al. eds. 2021), Animal Ecology (Shimada M. et al. eds. 1992), Wildlife management -policy and techniques- (Hayama S. et al. eds. 2012), Research and Management Techniques for Wildlife and Habitats (Bookhout TA ed. 1994)
Assessment/Grading
The following criteria are applied to determine students’ grades;
a final report, 100%.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Mammal fauna, Damage prevention, Population control, Population dynamics, Habitat management, Habitat use, Monitoring
Office hours
Please make an appointment by e-mail.
Remarks 1
Carry out all lectures on-demand viewing system.
Remarks 2
Related URL
Wildlife Management Center<http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~cwmer/index.html>
Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
8/1/2022 9:01:34 AM