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Biogeography
News:
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Resources:
Lotka-Volterra
competition (Excel spreadsheet -- Control-Z undoes your last change
<G>)
Lotka-Volterra
predation (Excel spreadsheet)
Energy
(PowerPoint viewgraphs)
Distribution of
solar energy each month in the Northern Hemisphere
(gif animation)
BeachBoard
Images of major
biomes (viewgraphs -- 5.1 meg ppt file -- view it on campus if you don't
have broadband)
USGS: The
Geologic Time Scale (Table)
Animation
of Earth History
Palæogeography at several points
in Earth's history (viewgraphs -- 2.3 meg ppt file -- view it on campus if you don't
have broadband)
Guidelines for
the interpretive essay
Grading form
for the interpretive essay
Guidelines for
the annotated bibliography
Grading form
for the annotated bibliography
A reminder about writing
standards
Lab and Field:
Field trip:
- Saturday, 11 October, 8:30 (Brotman Hall fountains) - 2 p.m.
-
Palos Verdes (coastal sage, use of floristic keys, use
of transect sampling, floristic evidence of old time plowing, the Portuguese
Bend landslide, fire hazard)
Field trip
alternative: Urban fauna field work
Lab 1:
Energy flux by latitude and season
Lab 2:
California gnatcatcher environmental envelope
Lab 3:
Alpha, beta, and gamma measures of biodiversity
Lab 4:
Biodiversity patterns by latitude and longitude
Lab 5:
Comparing different biodiversity measures
Lab 6:
Zoögeographic provinces, endemism and shared taxa, and mammal families
Document maintained by Dr.
Rodrigue
Last revision: 11/20/08