GEOG 335. Biogeography

Susan L. Woodward, Instructor

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Course Description

WebCT : find assignments, calendar, and grades here

Course Supplements (online)

• Life Zones
• Biomes
• Zoogeographic Provinces
• General Review Questions on Song of the Dodo
• Ranges of North American Breeding Birds.
• Speciation model
   

Glossary
 

Sites with information of Virginia's fauna and flora

• Virginia's Natural Heritage Program: access to lists, descriptions, and maps of Virginia's rare species, invasive species, natural communities and ecosystems and natural area preserves.
• Birds: From Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology
• Reptiles: Lizards, Snakes, Turtles from the Virginia Herpetological Society
• Amphibians: Frogs and Toads, Salamanders from the Virginia Herpetological Society
• Fishes from the Virginia Tech Virtual Aquarium
• Insects from Virginia Tech's Insect Identification Laboratory
• Aquatic macroinvertebrates from Save Our Streams program

           Birds, mammals and amphibians of Latin America: InfoNatura, a searchable site with range maps and photos.                
            Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Neotropics: excellent source of information from National Geographic and WorldWildlife.org
           Andes to Amazon Botany Project: Biodiversity Information Center, Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
           Tropical Plant Guides: The Field Museum--photos, searchable by family and genus.
           Digital maps for birds and mammals of Western Hemisphere from NatureServe.

 Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: excellent source of information from National Geographic and WorldWildlife.org

• The Biogeographer: newsletter of the Biogeography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers--see what biogeographers are doing
• Biogeography ImageExchange: Photos of biomes from around the world, assembled by Dr. Lori Daniels of the University of British Columbia.
• Early Classics in Biogeography.... a bibliography and full-text archive designed as a service to advanced students and researchers engaged in work in biogeography, biodiversity, history of science, and related studies prepared by Dr. Charles H. Smith. Follow this link to other excellent compilations on biogeography and biogeographers by Dr. Smith.
• The Alfred Russel Wallace Page: another great resource from Charles Smith.
• Fossil and surface pollen data. Find animated maps and other information on plant migrations during and after the Pleistocene from the National Climatic Data Center, NOAA.
• Plate tectonics: description and animations.
• History of life, UC-Berkeley: On-line exhibits at the Museum of Paleontology which may be accessed according to time period or taxon. Also contains exhibit on evolution and a glossary. Especially relevant to this course is the exhibit on the Pleistocene and its links to other sites.
• Maps and descriptions of Quaternary environments around the world. Scroll down to find these.
• The Midwest during the Ice Ages: on-line exhibit at the Illinois State Museum. Photos and descriptions of the Pleistocene megafauna may be particularly useful.
• Plants: National database: at USDA. Info, photos, and distribution maps.
• Biodiversity maps, US and Canada at The National Geographic Society's site.

How to contact Dr. Woodward:

• Email: swoodwar@radford.edu
• Office phone: 540-831-5234
• Office address: Cook Hall of International Education 134
• Office hours

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Created by Susan L. Woodward, July 1996. Last modified 01/05/06 by slw.