Biogeography (BSC 5824), Fall 2023
Course Information
- Time: Mondays & Wednesdays (10:30 am -11:50 pm)
- Room: BSC 415
- Instructor: Dr. David Jenkins
Textbook: Lomolino et al. Biogeography. 5th edition, Sinauer. ISBN 9781605354729 Note: we read and discuss the entire book – get it! Try allbookstores.com
Zoom Meeting ID: 221 297 8950
Description
Biogeography is the study of geographic variation in biota. Objectives for students include: (a) master major concepts of biogeography, and (b) understand the geological, evolutionary, and ecological processes that determine biogeographic patterns. We also share in a data project that ideally leads to a journal article we co-author (past examples are here, here, and here).
Resources
- OSF
- project outline
- onezoom.org
TENTATIVE Schedule (stay tuned for changes due to hurricanes, pandemics, etc.):
| Dates | Topics (Chapters) | Other Readings | Discussion Leaders |
| Aug 21, 22
|
Syllabus, Data Project Outline,
Intro. to Biogeo. (1) |
– – | Dave |
| Aug 28, 30 |
History (2), Thanks Idalia! | Dave | |
| Sep 4, 6 |
Labor Day, Thanks Idalia! |
Dave | |
| Sep 11, 13 |
M: Physical Setting (3)
W: Species & Communities (4-5) |
Dale 1997 | Dave
Rachel, Luciana |
| Sep 18, 20 |
Dispersal (6) | Radinger etal 2017, Della Rocca & Milanesi 2020 | Meredith, David, Taylor |
| Sep 25, 27 |
Speciation & Extinction (7) | Selwood et al. 2014, Hamilton et al. 2019 | Abby and David |
| Oct 2, 3 |
Tectonics & Glaciation (8,9) | Oliver & Morecroft 2014, Williams et al. 2021 | Luciana, Michelle, Jeena |
| Oct 9, 11 |
Glaciation (9), 11th: EXAM 1 |
Ficetola et al. 2010, Hansen et al. 2014 | Mykala, Michelle, Meredith |
| Oct 16, 18 |
16th: EXAM 1 DUE Diversification (10) | Feeley & Silman 2010, Zhang et al. 2017 | Dave |
| Oct 23, 25 |
Evolutionary Histories (11) | Murray et al. 2021, Rurangwa et al. 2021 | Taylor |
| Oct 30, Nov 1 | Geographic Histories (12) | Forester et al. 2013, Wyatt et al. 2021 | |
| Nov 6, 8 |
Island Biogeography (13) | Srinivasan & Wilcove 2021, Sanchez-Ortiz et al. 2020 | Jeena, Mykala |
| Nov 13, 15 |
Rules and Gradients (14) | Sweeney & Jarzyna 2022, Newbold et al. 2020 | Rachel, Christina, Abby |
| Nov 20, 22 | Human Biogeo, Biodiversity, Conservation (15) | Thanksgiving | – – |
| Nov 27, 29 |
Conservation (16), project status, 29th: FINAL EXAM to you | Asamoah et al. 2021
|
Dave |
| Dec 4, 6 |
6th: EXAM 2 DUE | FINALS WEEK | – – |