week 2

Question 1

earliest observations

Answer 1

come from greeks and romans, first observation that vegetation changes overtime, ecosystems have donation, biogeography begins 200 years ago

Question 2

Pre 1800s

Answer 2

traditional ecological knowledge
understanading “gods creation”
static earth
problems : early ex[lorers (cook/banks) - need to categorize and Noahs ark

Question 3

buffons law

Answer 3

isolated regions have distinct species combinations, he hypothesized species were continents that eventually separated

Question 4

1800-1850 exploration , discovery and description

Answer 4

obsession with describing classifying natural phenomena

Question 5

first person to draw isotherms on maps

Answer 5

Alexander von humboldt

Question 6

Three patterns emerging

Answer 6

1) endemism : all species are restricted to a certain area
2) provinces : grouping of organics tending to be found together in an area
3) disjunctions :

Question 7

Bergman’s rule

Answer 7

animals that are form cold bodies tend to have larger bodies that those found in warmer locations

Question 8

Allens rule

Answer 8

in colder climates species will have smaller extremities

Question 9

copes rule

Answer 9

overtime species will get late

Question 10

1850-1880 evolution

Answer 10

Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace

Question 11

allopatric speciation

Answer 11

species that have a geographic range or barrier

Question 12

1900-1930 expansion of biological sciences

Answer 12

pattern (description) - process (explanation)

Question 13

Alfred wegener

Answer 13

continental drift - earth continents move around bump into each other snd split apart

Question 14

1930-present contemporary biogeography

Answer 14

earth/biological sciences
quantitative theories - IBT theory that explained the number of species on an island