| Numbering Code |
G-AGR02 6BC25 EJ80 |
Year/Term |
2022 ・
Year-round |
| Number of Credits |
5
|
Course Type |
Experiment |
| Target Year |
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Target Student |
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| Language |
Japanese |
Day/Period |
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| Instructor name |
DANNOURA MASAKO (Graduate School of Agriculture Associate Professor) |
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Basic and applied laboratory and field experiments will be conducted in accordance with students' interests for areas of research related to qualitative and/or quantitative analyses of plant ecological and physiological functions found in forest ecosystems. |
| Course Goals |
Aim of this course is to develop skills necessary to conduct scientific research more or less independently. |
| Schedule and Contents |
Three to four weeks of laboratory time will be devoted to each of the following subjects: (1) Space-time variations of forest resources: Evaluate characteristics and temporal-spatial variations of various forest types e.g. natural forests, plantations, temperate forests, tropical forests, boreal forests through remote sensing, global positioning systems, GIS, etc.; (2) Forest site condition, tree growth, and stand structural development: Evaluate tree and stand growth in relation to site conditions, and structural development of forest stands and wood quality; (3) Ecological anatomy of wood: Discuss relationships between tree growth and wood formation, with special reference to moisture condition affecting wood structure; (4) Carbon dynamics of forests: Patterns and mechanisms of forest carbon dynamics will be discussed in relation to various forest types and regions. |
| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Quality of experimental design, execution of experiments, results obtained, their interpretation and explanation will be considered in student evaluation. |
| Course Requirements |
None. (Some knowledge on forest production, tree physiology, silviculture, forest ecology etc. are helpful.) |
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
Most activity of this course will be done outside of the classroom, because research would involve daily activities of considering research methods, data sampling, analysis and summary. |
