Schedule: ECOLOGY 438 / 538 BIOGEOGRAPHY | |||
| Lect. | Date | Topic | Readings |
| 1 | Jan 16 | Introduction | None |
| 2 | Jan 21 | History of Biogeography | Ch. 1 |
| 3 | Jan 23 | Biodiversity | Ch. 2 |
| 4 | Jan 28 | Biodiversity | Ch. 2 |
| 5 | Jan 30 | Patterns of Distribution | Ch. 3 |
| 6 | Feb 4 | Patterns of Distribution | Ch. 3 |
| 7 | Feb 6 | Communities & Ecosystems | Ch. 4 |
| 8 | Feb 11 | Communities & Ecosystems | Ch. 4 |
| Feb 13 | EXAM 1 | ||
| 9 | Feb 18 | Ecology & Evolution | Ch. 5 |
| 10 | Feb 20 | Ecology & Evolution | Ch. 5 |
| 11 | Feb 25 | Paleontology & Diversity | Ch. 6 |
| 12 | Feb 27 | Paleontology & Diversity | Ch. 6 |
| 13 | Mar 4 | Current Distributions | Ch. 7 |
| 14 | Mar 6 | Current Distributions | Ch. 7 |
| 15 | Mar 11 | Current Distributions | Ch. 7 |
| Mar 13 | EXAM 2 | ||
| Mar 18 Mar 20 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| 16 | Mar 25 | Roots of Current Distributions | Ch. 8 |
| 17 | Mar 27 | Roots of Current Distributions | Ch. 8 |
| 18 | Apr 1 | Pleistocene Biogeography | Ch. 9 |
| 19 | Apr 3 | Pleistocene Biogeography | Ch. 9 |
| 20 | Apr 8 | Pleistocene Biogeography | Ch. 9 |
| 21 | Apr 10 | Historical Biogeography | Ch. 10 |
| 22 | Apr 15 | Historical Biogeography | Ch. 10 |
| 23 | Apr 17 | Historical Biogeography | Ch. 11 |
| 24 | Apr 22 | Marine Biogeography | Ch. 12 |
| 25 | Apr 24 | Marine Biogeography | Ch. 12 |
| 26 | Apr 29 | Island Biogeography | Ch. 13 |
| 27 | May 1 | Island Biogeography | Ch. 13 |
| 28 | May 6 | Island Biogeography | Ch. 13 |
| May 13 | EXAM 3 11:00-12:00 BSW 219 | ||
| Readings: Cox, C.B. and Moore, P.D. 2000. Biogeography an ecological and evolutionary approach. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England, 6th ed. | |||