Geography 2320A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Continental Drift, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Carl Linnaeus
20 Oct 2016
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By the end of this lecture, you should be able to: Define and briefly explain to a friend what biogeography is. The study of ever changing processes and distributions of life. Science that attempts to document and understand spatial patterns of biological diversity. Two main branches: ecological and evolutionary (cid:862)that gra(cid:374)d su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t, that al(cid:373)ost keysto(cid:374)e of the la(cid:449)s of (cid:272)reatio(cid:374)- geographi(cid:272)al distri(cid:271)utio(cid:374)(cid:863)-darwin. Why do the tropics have higher biodiversity than other regions on. Examines relationships of species with their environments and with each other. Kangaroo rat dry areas, hot days and cold nights. Evolutionary biogeography: examines the history of a species-its ancestry over time and space. Persistent themes in biogeography: classifying, historical development, explaining differences, variation, characteristics. The science of biogeography- investigating the relationship between patterns and process. Pattern: non-random, repetitive of focal elements (eg organisms, species) among units or along relevant gradients. Pattern implies causation, underlying general process or processes.
