課程教育目標：
使學生了解森林生態體系中水文、能量及營養循環等功能，以及隨時間變化的動態機能，並介紹不同尺度的生態研究及其應用。
課程內容及大綱
Itroduction:
Why study ecosystem?
Historical perspectivities
Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Primary productivity
Primary productivity and forest development
Seconderay productivity
Controls and Moderators of production
Enviromental controls on production
Belowground dynamics
Decomposition processes
Coarse Woody Debris in ecosystem
Hydrological cycle
Nutrient cycle-
C, N, P and other nutrient cycles
Particulate transports in Ecosystems
Ecosystem studies on Different Spatial Scales
Riparian system in forested landscapes
Disturbances - small-scale and large scale
Ecosystems functions and a changing global climate
Applications of Ecosystem Research
Maintenance of long-term productivity
Ecosystem Management
Acidic deposittion and Forest declining
參考教材
Bormman and Likens. 1994. Patterns and Processes of a Forest Ecosystem. Springer, NY.
Moldan and Cerny. 1994. Biogeochemistry of small catchments. Wiley. 418pp.
Perry, D. 1994. Forest Ecosystem, John Hopkins University. 649pp.
Vogt et. al, 1997. Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management. Springer, NY.
劉棠瑞、蘇鴻傑. 1983. 森林植物生態學. 台灣商務書局.
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