Environmental conservation

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Advanced course in environmental conservation (環境保全学特論)

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

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Version for graduate students

Room# C204-2 (every Tuesday and Friday in the first half of second semester, 13:00-14:30)

A Table of Contents

Introduction (Guidance) はじめに (ガイダンス)
Spatiotemporal pattern and scale (時空間パターンとスケール)
Disturbance (撹乱)
Island biogeography (島の生物地理学)
Community diversity (群集多様性)
Multivariate analysis (多変量解析)
Temporal pattern: Community dynamics and succession (時間パターン: 群集動態と遷移)
References shown in the lecture (参考文献)
Beadrolll (過去帳)
Advanced lecture in natural environment studies (自然環境学総論)
Examination or report (試験またはレポート)

Expected background: Knowing "fundamental ecology" and/or related subjects

Introduction (Guidance)

October 7 2025

What is this lecture?
Flow chart of this lecture
Classification of ecology
Life cycle (life history)

Case of Trillium (Ref. T. kamtschaticum)
MVP (minimum viable population)

Case: Trillium in fragmented forests

Metapopulation

Case: Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plejebus argus) in North Wales
Case: Spatial occurrence and abundance patterns of Maculinea butterflies
Carrying capacity

Pattern and scale

Ecosystem (or biosystem)
Environment
Definitions and criteria of plant community

Flora (floristic composition) - Ex. Mount Koma
Vegetation physiognomy
Strata (sg. stratum)
Larch forest in Oku-Nikko
Strata of tropical forest with reference to the conservation of mammal species
Herbaceous plant diversities vs strata

How to write the paper for evaluation

In preparation (準備中)