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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on January 6 2012)

Advanced lecture in natural environmental studies
自然環境学特論

Content

[ Objectives | Syllabus | Content (My turn) | References | Links | Exam. ]

Room: C202 (Fri. 10:30-12:00)

Instructors (Inquiry)
Shiro TSUYUZAKI (2283. tsuyu_at_ees.hokudai.ac.jp)
Junjiro NEGISHI (3355. negishi_at_ees.hokudai.ac.jp)
Tomonori SATOH (2288. t_sato_at_ees.hokudai.ac.jp)

Related seminar: Symbiosis in nature

Objectives
Course objectives

To understand the basic concept of the development of ecosystems and environments, including climate.

Course Goals

Understanding the developmental patterns of environments and ecosystems based on field measurements and modeling.

Syllabus
  • Guidance (Terrestrial ecosystem and climate)

  • Energy budget at land surface
  • Atmospheric boundary layer and regional climate
  • Land surface processes and climate

  • Controlling factors of ecosystem structure
  • Food web and material cycling
  • Ecosystem response to environmental fluctuations

  • Photosynthesis and primary production
  • Estimation of primary production
  • Ecosystem responses to global warming with fine scale
  • Ecosystem responses to global warming with global scale
  • Fundamental concept of modeling on temporal ecosystem changes

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Content (My turn)
October 7

Guidance (Terrestrial ecosystem and climate)

Attention

The applicants must attend the first lecture, because the lecture schedule and/or room will be changed, depending on the number of attendants, etc. If you cannot attend it, give us the notice.


November 25

Photosynthesis and primary production

The importance of photosynthesis equation
Biome with reference to primary production and biomass

December 2

Estimation of primary production

December 9

Pseudo-alpine zone
Ecosystem responses to global warming with fine scale

Janurary 6 (the final day)

Ecosystem responses to global warming with global scale

Fundamental concept of modeling on temporal ecosystem changes

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Examination

Read Report thema.

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