The Department of Ecosystem Studies aims to develop sustainable global management schemes that value ecosystem mechanisms and allow human society and nature to live in harmony. An important feature of this department is a focus on fieldwork, which is conducted in different ecosystems, located in forest through to coastal environments. Based on an understanding of the mechanisms and existing problems of focal ecosystems, we aim to both integrate agricultural and life science related academic achievements and develop related principles and techniques, while educating skilled personnel.

The department has two main divisions, Biological Conservation and Ecosystem Management, and two associated divisions of Bioresources Management and Bioresources and Eco-Environmental Studies. The Bioresources Management division cooperates with the former two divisions in research and education, and is composed of six establishments within Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Laboratories

Department of Ecosystem Studies

Biological Conservation
Biodiversity Science
Studies on various aspects of biological diversity, both from pure and applied views.
1) origin and evolutionary significance of biodiversity
2) mechanisms maintaining biodiversity
3) conservation and management of biodiversity
Conservation Ecology Ecological studies for conservation and restoration of biodiversity and integrated ecosystems.
Evolutionary and ecophysiological studies on plant life histories including vegetative responses
to physical environments and floral and seed strategies such as heterostyly and soil seed banks.
Ecosystem Management
Landscape Ecology and Planning
Landscape ecological studies on global and regional environment, monitoring on natural environmental changes caused by human impacts, ecological land evaluation and its application to landscape and environmental planning.
Forest Ecosystem Studies Genetic and ecological studies for conservation of forest and surrounding ecosystems.
Planning sustainable use of forest resources.
Analysis and conservation of tree diversity, forest species interactions, population dynamics of animals and plants, and endangered species conservation.
Aquatic Conservation Metamorphosis and survival strategy of Bivalvia in the eutrophic lagoon.
Production mechanism in coastal ecosystems analysed by stable isotope technics.
Production ecology of zooplankton using chemostat culture systems.
Ecology of red tide and fouling organisms in a coastal area.
Physiological aptitude of seedlings for stock enhancement.
Bioresources Management
Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecocsytem Services
Fisheries Laboratory
Animal Resources Science
Veterinary Medical Center
University Forests
Bioresources and Eco-Environmental Studies
Bioresources and Eco-Environmental Studies
Rural Landscape Ecology
　　
Ecological Environment Research Office

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