Course Description

BI331 Biogeography F 0.5

An integrated study of past dispersal and present distributions and diversity of plants and animals, with emphasis on both historical and ecological approaches to biogeography. Topics include analysis of temporal and spatial patterns of distribution, vicariance, dispersal, species interactions, disturbance events, endemism, island biogeography, biogeographic models and applied biogeography.††

Prerequisite: BI100*.

Exclusion: BI330*.

3 lecture hours, 1 seminar/tutorial hour

Official electronic version updated at 4:25 p.m. December 18, 2003

M. Watson, Editor Course Timetable