BISC440_1141: Biodiversity

Week 5

Patterns of Diversity

We will spend Monday talking about tree shape, and then finishing up the lemur lab. Wednesday we will move from investigating the topology of trees to investigating the pattern of diversification through time.

The lectures:
8_treeshape_1141.pdf
9_treeshape_1141.pdf
Required reading: We are now ready to read and digest the first review paper:
Getting the measure of biodiversity (Purvis and Hector)

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Week	Dates	Subject	Readings	Workshop	Notes
5	3-Feb	Tree Shape	Purvis_&_Hector	Lemur_lab_part_3	Jayme's_thesis
Week 5 Patterns of Diversity We will spend Monday talking about tree shape, and then finishing up the lemur lab. Wednesday we will move from investigating the topology of trees to investigating the pattern of diversification through time. The lectures: 8_treeshape_1141.pdf 9_treeshape_1141.pdf Required reading: We are now ready to read and digest the first review paper: Getting the measure of biodiversity (Purvis and Hector)

BISC440 - Biodiversity
Instructor: Dr. Arne Mooers (amooers@sfu.ca) Office: B8242 Phone: 778-782-3979 Office Hours: Wed 1400-1530
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