| ECOLOGY 438 / 538 BIOGEOGRAPHY, Spring, 2005 Tentative Schedule last updated 1/13/05 | |||
| Lect. | Date | Topic | Readings |
| 1 | Jan 13 | (Intro) & Hist | I 1 |
| 2 | Jan 18 | History of Biogeography | I 2 (box 2.2) |
| 3 | Jan 20 | Biodiversity | II 12 (p. 248-252) |
| 4 | Jan 25 | Biodiversity | II 12 (p. 248-252) |
| 5 | Jan 27 | Patterns of Distribution | I 4 |
| 6 | Feb 1 | Patterns of Distribution | I 4 |
| 7 | Feb 3 | Patterns of Distribution | I 4 |
| 8 | Feb 8 | Communities & Ecosystems | IV 18 370 ff. |
| Feb 10 | EXAM 1 example | ||
| 9 | Feb 15 | Basic Climatology start geogr taxon | Lowe 8-10, 84-91 |
| 10 | Feb 17 | Earth History | Huggett III 14 (p. 293-304) |
| 11 | Feb 22 | Earth History | Huggett III 15 (p. 305-315) |
| 12 | Feb 24 | Biomes | Lowe 3-8, 10-17, 92-100 |
| 13 | Mar 1 | Arizona Life Zones | Lowe 17-93 |
| 14 | Mar 3 | Arizona Life Zones | Lowe 17-93 |
| 15 | Mar 8 | Pleistocene Biogeography | Huggett III 16 (p. 316-337) |
| Mar 10 | EXAM 2 example Term Paper Guidelines due May 4 | ||
| Mar 15 Mar 17 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| 16 | Mar 22 | Pleistocene Biogeography | I 3 |
| 17 | Mar 24 | Current Distributions & Cladistics | III 16 |
| 18 | Mar 29 | Current Distributions & Cladistics | II 8 |
| 19 | Mar 31 | Biotic Patterns & Biotic Exchange | II 10 |
| 20 | Apr 5 | Roots of Current Distributions | II 11 |
| 21 | Apr 7 | Extinction & Speciation | II 9 |
| 22 | Apr 12 | Dispersal | I 3 |
| 23 | Apr 14 | Human Biogeography | II 12 |
| 24 | Apr 19 | Human Biogeography | II 13 |
| 25 | Apr 21 | Insular Biotas | IV 17 |
| 26 | Apr 26 | Island Biogeography | IV 17 |
| 27 | Apr 28 | Restoration Biogeography | IV 18 |
| 28 | May 3 | Marine Biogeography | IV 18 |
| Tues May 10, 2005 | EXAM 3 8:9:15 a.m. BSW 237 example Term paper due May 4 | ||
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