1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
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Department of Geography
1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 |
| Geography 316: Biogeography | updated: 08/04/10 |
GEOG 316: Biogeography Fall 2006
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Dr. Barbara A. Holzman
(Office: HSS 267: Phone 338-7506 or 338-2049 message) OFFICE HOURS: TuTh 11-12 and by appointment
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NEW: Review sheet for Exam 1 on October 5
Review sheet for Exam 1 on November 16
Domestication Assignment : Due 12/5
Domestication Presentation: 12/14
FINAL REVIEW (FINAL 12/19 8:30am)
Course Description
Biogeography is concerned with the distribution, ranges and limits of plants
and animals. It overlaps several disciplines. Consequently the field is
extremely broad and includes biologists, botanists, paleontologists,
geographers, and zoologists to name a few. It follows that there are several
approaches to biogeography, each with its own philosophy and methodology. In
this course, the emphasis will be on ecological and historical themes, the
changing patterns of plant and animal distribution in space and time.
Objectives of the Course
-Understand the main themes and concepts in Biogeography
-Understand ecological themes and concepts of biodiversity
-Understand the relationship between geologic and evolutionary history as it
relates to the past and present distribution of life
-Understand the impacts of humans on the biosphere
What you should already know… Geography 101 is a prerequisite for this course. If you haven’t taken it or are taking it concurrently be advised that you may have some catching up to do. Concepts and terms explained in Basic Physical geography will be built upon, hence if you don’t have the foundation; the building process could get shaky. It is also helpful to have had a course in Biology, minimally sometime in this lifetime. Again, there will be terms and concepts that may be unclear for you if you are new to this field. If you are persistent, you can make it through, but be forewarned you may have to do some extra reading and thinking!
Textbook and Readings
Mac Donald. Glenn. 2003. Biogeography Introduction to Space, Time and
Life. J. Wiley Publisher.
Pacific Coast Tree Finder
(RR)Additional Readings will be on reserve in the Map Library (HSS 289)
and available on Electronic Reserve through the JPL Library
http://eres.sfsu.edu/
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Journal |
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Grading will be on a percentage basis 100-90% A, 89-80% B, 79-70 C,69-60%
D. Plus/minus grades will be assigned for points near the margin. I would be
more than happy to give everyone As provided you reach the desired goals (i.e. >
89% of all points)
Graduate students will be required to read the additional grad readings on reserve in the map library and will be questioned on them during the exams. Undergraduates are encouraged to read the additional readings and can answer those exam questions for extra credit.
Quizzes : There will be several short (10-15 minute) quizzes during the semester. These will be given during the first 10-15 minutes of class. If you come in late, you will not be able to make up the quiz at another time.
Exams 1 & 2 Exams are a combination of objective format (multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank, etc.) short answer, and short essay. Makeup exams will only be given in cases of verifiable illness or verifiable emergency, otherwise don't ask! Any makeups may be entirely essay or oral exam format.
Final Exam December 19th 8:00-10:30 am. It will be cumulative.
Journal Assignment: You will be required to keep a journal during this class. The journal should be in a report-type folder. In the journal you are to record your observations of the natural world, reflect on class material or world events as they relate to your observations, or note your interactions with the natural world. You will also be given discussion questions in class that you will answer in your journal. You should make entries into your journal on a weekly basis (minimally). Your journals will be collected periodically and checked. You will not be graded on the content per se, but on the consistency of your entries. I have found that keeping a journal has helped me see and reflect on nature more vividly, I hope you will have similar positive experiences with this exercise.
Assignments:
There will be several exercises and written assignments throughout the
course. A more detailed description will be provided at a later date.
Assignments are due on dates indicated; late assignments will be docked 10% for
each class day late.
FIELD TRIPS: There will be field trips during class time that you are required to attend. There will also be at least two field trips on Saturdays, you are required to attend at least one, and you are welcome to attend all. There will be an assignment from each Saturday trip, you must complete one of these assignments and hand it in on time. You can choose to do both assignments and receive extra credit for the second. You will be required to contribute to transportation costs for the field trips.
This schedule is subject to change without advance notice. I will try to keep
the website updated with current schedule changes. “Ch” refers to chapters in
textbook; “RR” refers to reserve readings in Map Library. You should read the
chapter prior to coming to class.
You can click on a lecture for that lecture notes.
Please note: Notes
on the websites are incomplete and are to be used to supplement taking notes in
lectures. Exams will include all material in reading assignments and class lectures.
Class Schedule
Readings
8/29 Introduction to course/ Ch 1 & 2
Basic geography
8/31-9/5
Biodiversity Ch
14 (406-428) RR1
9/7 Photosynthesis/ Ch
3 & 4
Ecological Processes
9/12-14
Climates/Biomes Ch 5
& 6
9/19-21 Terrestrial
Biomes Ch 6 /RR2
9/26-28 Aquatic Biomes/ Ch 6
9/30 Saturday Field Trip to Point Reyes 8:00 am- @5:00 pm
RR3
10/3-5 EXAM 1 (10/3)/ Ch 9/RR4
10/10-12
Distributions /Evolution
Ch 9
10/17-19
Plate tectonics Ch
7/RR5
10/21 Saturday Field Trip to Mount Diablo: 8:00 am- @5:00 pm RR6
10/24-26
Biogeographical Realms Ch
10/RR7
10/31-11/2
Island Biogeography/Invasions Ch 8, Ch 14 (p428-447)/RR8
11/7-9
Historical Biogeography Ch 13/RR9
Film: Crater of Death (AV 88830)
11/14-16
Speaker Peter Brastow: Nature in the City
/ EXAM 2 (11/16)
11/21-22 No class-Thanksgiving Break
11/28-30
Climate Change/
Extinctions of the Past Ch
9/RR10
12/5-7 Speaker
Bob Drewes: CAS
Humans & Extinction Ch
11&12/RR11
12/12-14 Conservation/Summary Review Ch
15/RR12
12/19 (8-10:30am) FINAL EXAM
Interesting links:
Biodiversity: The Phylogeny of Life
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html
Geography 316: Biogeography Fall 2006
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Readings Dr. B. Holzman
These will be available through electronic reserve at the library or in hard copy at the Map Library (289 HSS). (* denotes graduate readings). http://eres.sfsu.edu/
RR1: Biodiversity
Mares, Michael A. 1992. Neotropical Mammals and the Myth of Amazonian Biodiversity. Science 255: 976-979.
Stein, Bruce. 2001. A Fragile Cornucopia: Assessing the Status of U.S. Biodiversity. Environment. p.11-22.
RR2: Biomes
Smith, T. R. Wayne, Derek Girman and M. Bruford. 1997. A Role for Ecotones in Generating Rainforest Biodiversity. Science. 20 June 1997. 1855-1857
Zimmer, Carl. 1995. How to Make a Desert. Discover. February 1995. 50-56.
*Jenny, H., J. Arkley, A.M. Schultz. 1969. The Pgymy Forest-Podsol Ecosystem and its Dune associates fi the Mendocino Coast. Madrono. Vol. 20 60-154
RR3 Point Reyes Field Trip
Evens, Jules G. 1993. The Natural
History of the Point Reyes Peninsula. Point Reyes, California: Point Reyes
National Seashore Association. p. 44-71
RR4: Evolution
Stone, Richard. 1999. Cloning the
Woolly Mammoth. Discover, April. p. 56-63
RR5 Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift
Dobb, Edwin. 2002. What wiped out
the Dinosaurs? Discover. June 2002. 35-42.
RR6 Field Trip to Mount Diablo
Wallace, David R. 2006. Speak of the
Devil: Unexpected landscape of Mount Diablo.
Bay Nature. P. 17-32
RR7: Biogeographic Realms
Diamond, Jared. 1997. Mr. Wallace's
Line. Discover August: 76-83.
RR8 : Dispersal and Invasions
McNeely, Jeffrey A. 2004. “Strangers in our Midst. The Problem of Invasive Alien Species.”
Environment. Vol. 46(6).16-31.
*Quammen, David. 1998. Planet of Weeds. Harpers Magazine. October 1998. 57-69
RR9 Historical Biogeography
Klesius, Michael. 2002 The Big Bloom. National Geographic Magazine July 2002, 105-121
Howell, Keith K. 1998. No Time for Lemurs. California Wild, Fall: 9-17.
RR10 : Island Biogeography
Howell, Keith K. 1998. No Time for
Lemurs. California Wild, Fall: 9-17.
Nagano, Christopher D., Scott E. Miller, and Charles L. Hogue. 1983. Castaways of California: The Origin of Animal Life of the Channel Islands. Terra . Spring: 23-26.
*Warner, Richard E. 1968. The Role of Introduced Diseases in the Extinction of the Endemic Hawaiian Avifauna. The Condor 70: 101-120.
RR11: Extinctions of the past
Martin, Paul S. 1973. The Discovery of America. Science. 179: 969-974.
Pringle, Heather. 1998. New Women of the Ice Age. Discover. April 1998. P.62-69.
*Kiltie, Richard. 1989. “Seasonality, Gestation Time and Large Mammal Extinctions”. In Martin & Klein (ed.) Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. University of Arizona Press p. 299-311
RR12: Conservation
Youth, H. 2002. The Plight of Birds. Worldwatch. May/June 2002. p. 18-29.
McKibben, Bill. 1999. Taking the Pulse of the Planet. Audubon. Nov.-Dec. 1999. p.105-110.