| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Science |
| Lecture Code |
HK220000 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
植物生態学Ａ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ショクブツセイタイガクA |
Subject Name in
English |
Plant Ecology A |
| Instructor |
YAMAGUCHI TOMIO |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ヤマグチ トミオ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Weds5-6：SCI B301, (2T) Fri5-6：SCI B305 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| Lecture |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
26
:
Biological and Life Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
03
:
Basic Biology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Flora, Environment, Dispersal of Species, Species Differentiation, Species Diversity |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Proficiency in basic knowledge of botany, plant taxonomy and plant geography. |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Biology
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・To understand and acquire advanced knowledge on specialties in biology. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Understanding the distributional pattern of plants in the world and the factor of the pattern. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1 Introduction. What is plant geography?
lesson2 Basic plant geography, geohistory, climate.
lesson3 Distributional pattern of plants.
lesson4 Distributional factor of plants.
lesson5 Floristic regions of the world 1. Boreal kingdom (1)
lesson6 Floristic regions of the world 2. Boreal kingdom (2)
lesson7 Floristic regions of the world 3. Palaeotropical kingdom (1)
lesson8 Floristic regions of the world 4. Palaeotropical kingdom (2)
lesson9 Floristic regions of the world 5. Neotropical kingdom.
lesson10 Floristic regions of the world 6. South African kingdom, Australian kingdom, Antarctic kingdom.
lesson11 Floristic regions of Japan 1.
lesson12 Floristic regions of Japan 2.
lesson13 Floristic regions of Japan 3.
lesson14 Phylogeography.
lesson15 Summary.
Final examination. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Avise, J. C. 2000. Phylogeography. 447 pp. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
Good, R. 1953. The Geography of the Flowering Plants, 2nd ed. 452 pp. Longmans, London.
Takhtajan, A. 1986. Floristic Regions of the World. 522 pp. University of California Press, Berkeley. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| (More Details) |
Handout, PowerPoint presentation. |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Understanding names, distribution and characters of the plants indicated in the lecture. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Final examination. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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