What It’s About: Biogeography is about understanding why organisms are distributed as they are. That requires a deep mixture of ecology and evolution. So this course integrates and extends what you should already know, and (IMHO) serves as a good platform for our graduate program. This course is discussion-based; about the text, journal articles, and our group project (more on that day 1). It is 4 credits because of that project.
Required Textbook: Lomolino, Riddle, Whittaker, Brown. 2010. Biogeography. ISBN13 = 9780878934942. Comparison shop at allbookstores.com or see one of the campus bookstores. NOTE: multiple copies of the 4th edition are around the dept. The 3rd edition won’t cut it.