Lectures

Links to PowerPoint Lectures. These are b/w pdfs - 4 slides per page - for printing. Color pdfs - 1 slide per page - are available as large (many pages!) files for viewing.
 

INTRODUCTION

  Week 1

  Jan. 18

  Introduction to Course (color pdf)

WORLD VEGETATION TYPES AND THEIR CLIMATIC ADAPTATION   

 

  Jan. 20

  World Climate and Vegetation (color pdf)

  Week 2

  Jan. 23

  World Climate and Vegetation (cont.) [Idealized climate maps from Strahler & Strahler]

 

  Jan. 25

  Vegetation vs. Flora (color pdf)

 

  Jan. 27

  Tropical Rainforests (color pdf)

  Week 3

  Jan. 30

  Tropical Montane Forests (in last pdf)

 

  Feb. 1

  Tropical Deciduous Forests and Savannas (color pdf)

 

  Feb. 3

  Deserts (color pdf)

  Week 4

  Feb. 6

  Mediterranean Sclerophylls (color pdf)

 

  Feb. 8

  Temperate Forests (rain, evergreen, deciduous) (color pdf - rain, evergreen, deciduous)

 

  Feb. 10

  Boreal (color pdf), Tundra and Alpine (color pdf)

  Week 5

  Feb. 13

  Temperate Grasslands (color pdf)

  HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY

 

  Feb. 15

  Distributions & Floristic/Faunistic Regions (color pdf)

 

  Feb. 17

  EXAM 1

  Week 6

  Feb. 20

  Distributions & Floristic/Faunistic Regions (continued)

 

  Feb. 22

  Biogeographic Depositories - Using the "Species Niche" (color pdf)

  

  Feb. 24

  Geographical Variation Within Species (color pdf)

  Week 7

  Feb. 27

  Phylogeography (color pdf) - Biogeography within Species

 

  Mar. 1

  Speciation in Geographical Setting (color pdf)

  

  Mar. 3

  Historical Biogeography - a History of Ideas (color pdf)

  Week 8

  Mar. 6

  Historical Biogeography - a History of Ideas (continued)

 

  Mar. 8

  Earth History and Biogeography (color pdf)

 

  Mar. 10

  Life History and Biogeography (color pdf) & Tree Thinking Quiz Answers

  Week 9

  Mar. 13

  Relationships of Floras: Southern Hemisphere (color pdf)
    Mar. 15   Relationships of Floras: the Wallace Line(s) (color pdf)        

 

  Mar. 17

  Relationships of Floras: E Asia - E North America (color pdf)  

 SPRING BREAK

  Week 10

  Mar. 27

  PhyloEcoBiogeography (color pdf) - Phylogeny, Ecology, & Biogeography

 

  Mar. 29

  Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography (color pdf)
    Mar. 31   EXAM 2 - Take home exam (due Apr 3)
 BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ISLANDS

  Week 11

  Apr. 3

  Islands and Dispersal Biology (color pdf)

 

  Apr. 5

  Islands and Adaptive Radiations (color pdf)

 

  Apr. 7

  Biogeography of the Hawaiian Islands (color pdf)

  Week 12

  Apr. 10

  Islands in the Sky: Tepuis and Paramo (color pdf)

ORIGIN AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN FLORA

 

  Apr. 12

  Origin and Biogeography of Ancient Floras: Paleozoic (color pdf)

 

  Apr. 14

  Origin and Biogeography of Ancient Floras: Mesozoic (color pdf)

  Week 13

  Apr. 17

  NO class

 

  Apr. 19

  Origin and Biogeography of North American Flora: Tertiary (color pdf)

 

  Apr. 21

  Origin and Biogeography of North American Flora: Pleistocene (color pdf) Why were there glacial cycles in the Pleistocene? (see pdf)

  Week 14

  Apr. 24

  Biogeography of Great Lakes Region: Holocene (color pdf)

GLOBAL CHANGES AND PLANT GEOGRAPHY

 

  Apr. 26

  Pleistocene Climate and Tropical Forests (color pdf) [see good review in Science]

 

  Apr. 28

  Weeds - Changing Plant Distributions (color pdf) [David Quammen's Planet of Weeds]

    Apr. 29   Saturday optional field trip to southern Wisconsin forests and prairies

  Week 15

  May 1

  Climate Changes - Changing Plant Distributions? (color pdf)

 

  May 3

  Student project presentations

  Week 16

  May 9

  EXAM 3 during final exam time - Tue. 5:05 pm - not cummulative