GEO 365 - Biogeography

Credits: 3
This course introduces students to an important interdisciplinary bridge between biology and geography. Biogeography is the study of inferring ecological and evolutionary relationships between living organisms and their physical environment from the analysis of their spatial and temporal distribution patterns. Students will learn to assess patterns of variation across physical gradients such as latitude, climate, elevation, and isolation in relation to the distribution of plant and animal species on the earth. The course will also discuss human activities such as domestication, habitat alteration, species introduction and extinctions, and global environmental changes.