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Ecology, Evolution and Diversity
General Biology I
The two hour version
Part 3
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The Biosphere
Apollo 8 – Christmas 1968
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Elevation and Temperature
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Latitude and Temperature
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Latitude
Elevation
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Albuquerque
Denver
Elevation and Temperature
Latitude and Temperature
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Southern California Coastal Chaparral
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Distribution of Chaparral Biome
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Mediterranean Chaparral
Spain
France
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African Chaparral
Cape Town
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South American Chaparral
Chile
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Tropical Rain Forest
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Tropical Rain Forest
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Slash and burn
Tropical Rain Forest
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Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Desert
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Temperate Grasslands
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Taiga – Coniferous Forest
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR)
Arctic Tundra
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San Juan Wilderness area, Colorado
Alpine Tundra
Mount Rainier, Washington
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Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia
Kiamichi River, Oklahoma
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Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975)
“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”
Evolution
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Evolution
Any change in the genetic make-up of a population through time
A natural process……
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Some background and history….
Evolution
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Biology – 1500-1700s
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Geology/Geography 1500-1700s
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“Let it not suffice to be book-learned, to read what others have written and to take upon trust more falsehood than truth, but let us ourselves examine things as we have opportunity, and converse with Nature as well as with books.”
John Ray -- 1691(1627-1705)
Natural History
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Fixed species in an unchanging world
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An ever changing world running on natural laws
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Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)Biology
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James Hutton (1737-1823)
Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Geology
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
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Voyage of the HMS Beagle1831-1836
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Voyage of the HMS Beagle
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Beagle Channel, Patagonia
Voyage of the HMS Beagle
Galapagos Islands
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1845
Voyage of the HMS Beagle
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Voyage of the HMS Beagle
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Darwin House --- south of London