GEOG 442 Home Page
Biogeography
News:
Syllabus
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Readings
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Deadlines
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Department news page
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Student news page
Resources:
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Lotka-Volterra
competition (Excel spreadsheet -- Control-Z undoes your last change
<G>)
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Lotka-Volterra
predation (Excel spreadsheet)
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Energy
(PowerPoint viewgraphs)
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Distribution of
solar energy each month in the Northern Hemisphere
(gif animation)
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BeachBoard
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Images of major
biomes (viewgraphs -- 5.1 meg ppt file -- view it on campus if you don't
have broadband)
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USGS: The
Geologic Time Scale (Table)
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Animation
of Earth History
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Palæogeography at several points
in Earth's history (viewgraphs -- 2.3 meg ppt file -- view it on campus if you don't
have broadband)
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Guidelines for
the interpretive essay
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Grading form
for the interpretive essay
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Guidelines for
the annotated bibliography
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Grading form
for the annotated bibliography
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A reminder about writing
standards
Lab and Field:
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Field trip:
- Saturday, 11 October, 8:30 (Brotman Hall fountains) - 2 p.m.
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Palos Verdes (coastal sage, use of floristic keys, use
of transect sampling, floristic evidence of old time plowing, the Portuguese
Bend landslide, fire hazard)
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Field trip
alternative: Urban fauna field work
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Lab 1:
Energy flux by latitude and season
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Lab 2:
California gnatcatcher environmental envelope
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Lab 3:
Alpha, beta, and gamma measures of biodiversity
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Lab 4:
Biodiversity patterns by latitude and longitude
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Lab 5:
Comparing different biodiversity measures
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Lab 6:
Zoögeographic provinces, endemism and shared taxa, and mammal families
Document maintained by Dr.
Rodrigue
Last revision: 11/20/08
