GEOG309
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BIOGEOGRAPHY
Course Description
Biogeography is an integrated study of past dispersal and present
distributions of plants and animals. We will approach the subject using
principles from biology, geology, geography, ecology and evolution. Topics
include analysis of temporal and spatial patterns of distribution, vicariance,
dispersal, species interactions, catastrophes, endemism, island biography,
biogeographic modeling, conservation and human impacts on biotic
distributions.
distributions of plants and animals. We will approach the subject using
principles from biology, geology, geography, ecology and evolution. Topics
include analysis of temporal and spatial patterns of distribution, vicariance,
dispersal, species interactions, catastrophes, endemism, island biography,
biogeographic modeling, conservation and human impacts on biotic
distributions.