Zoogeography Assignments Winter Term 2 – 2020
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Date Due |
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Jan 13 |
Jan 17 |
Assignment 1: Work through this tutorial using R Studio Optional readings: Lomolino et al. textbook: Chapter 3 - The Geographic Template: Visualization and analysis of biogeographic patterns Chapter 4 - Distribution of Species: Ecological foundations MacArthur, R.H. (1972) Climates on a Rotating Earth in Geographical Ecology: Patterns in the Distribution of Species. Harper & Row, NY. PDF Holt, R.D. (2003) On the evolutionary ecology of species' ranges. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 159-178. PDF |
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Jan 24 |
Assignment 2 Paper: Claramunt, S., Derryberry, E.P., Remsen, J.V. and Brumfield, R.T., 2012. High dispersal ability inhibits speciation in a continental radiation of passerine birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 279(1733), pp.1567-1574. PDF and Supp Mat. Assignment 2 Discussion Questions - Full set Hand in hard copy by 12:00pm Monday, Jan 27th at Biodiversity Research Centre Rm 325 (or hand in at the end of class on Monday) Read about Santiago Claramunt and his lab's research at University of Toronto Optional readings from Lomolino et al. textbook: Chapter 6 - Dispersal and Immigration |
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Jan 31
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Assignment 2 Discussion Questions due Mon Jan 27th at noon Assignment 3 Paper: Fennessy, J., Bidon, T., Reuss, F., Kumar, V., Elkan, P., Nilsson, M.A., and Janke, A. 2016. Multi-locus analyses reveal four giraffe species instead of one. Current Biology, 26(18), 2543-2549. PDF and Supp Mat. Also READ this link to Jerry Coyne's blog for Discussion Friday! Optional: check out one of press releases from this article: Science Daily, The Guardian, Biosphere Assignment 3 Discussion Questions - Full set Hand in hard copy by 4:00pm on Friday, Feb 7th to Biodiv 325 (NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT) |
| Jan 20 | Feb 10 | New deadline for Term Paper Outline extended to Monday February 10th in class Instructions for your Term Paper Outline and Full Assignment Review the Marking Rubric for the term paper assignment Start to work ahead on Assignment 5, due March 13th Optional readings from Lomolino et al. textbook: Chapter 9 - Glaciation and Biogeographic Dynamics of the Pleistocene |
Feb 10 |
Feb 24 |
Assignment 4 Paper: Weir, J.T., Haddrath, O., Robertson, H. A., Colbourne, R.M., & Baker, A.J. (2016). Explosive ice age diversification of kiwi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(38), E5580-E5587. PDF Also look over figures in Supp Mat. Assignment 4 Discussion Questions - Full Set (Assignment 4 will be due the Monday after Reading Week) Also check out this paper on insect phylogeography in NZ, which could help with your answers.... Optional reading - but(!) relevant to Glaciation lectures and helpful for thinking about your term paper: Ribas, C. C., Aleixo, A., Nogueira, A. C., Miyaki, C. Y., & Cracraft, J. (2011). A palaeobiogeographic model for biotic diversification within Amazonia over the past three million years. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 279, 681-689. PDF Optional readings from Lomolino et al. textbook: Chapter 9 - Glaciation and Biogeographic Dynamics of the Pleistocene |
Feb 22
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| Assignment 4 Due Monday, Feb 22nd Review the Practice Midterm Exam & (Revised) Key for Practice Midterm Exam |
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Mar 2
| Mar 13
| Assignment 5 - UPDATED Creating a Distribution Map for your Study Taxa - Continue to work on this assignment during Tutorial on Friday Mar 6th. Assignment 5 Due Friday March 13th |
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Mar 2
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| Assignment 6 Paper: Graham, C. H., Parra, J. L., Rahbek, C., & McGuire, J. A. (2009). Phylogenetic structure in tropical hummingbird communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 19673-19678. PDF Assignment 6 Discussion Questions - Full Set *Hand in hard copy of full question set by 12:00PM Noon Friday, March 20th NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE Submit hard copy to Biodiversity Research Centre Rm 325 OR emailed assignments are acceptable! Midterm Exam Key - you can review your marks on the midterm and compare answers here. * Please note that due to COVID-19 precautions, we are anticipating university closures very soon. Please check the Announcements link for course information and instructions for attending online lectures moving forward. We are working to adjust quickly as new alerts appear and we are following university directions. Today's class (Friday March 13) is in session. |
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Mar 20 |
Assignment 7 Paper: Ricklefs, R.E. (2008) Disintegration of the ecological community. American Naturalist 172: 741-750. There is no assignment due for this paper, but we will have online tutorial, where we will discuss these questions |
Mar 20 |
April 3 | NEW! THIS FINAL ASSIGNMENT IS OPTIONAL (see below) Assignment 8 Paper: Helmus, M.R., Mahler, D.L. and Losos, J.B., 2014. Island biogeography of the Anthropocene. Nature, 513: 543-546. PDF Discussion Questions - work on these questions as you read through the paper and submit your assignment via email by noon on Friday April 3rd We have decided to make this assignment optional. You can submit it and the score will replace the score of your lowest assignment. Our discussion will proceed online on Friday as planned. |