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Biogeography and Global Provincialism in Mammalian Distributions - Lecture 4.3

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This lecture examines mammalian distributions across global faunal regions and the abiotic and biotic processes that shape them. It also considers ecogeographic patterns such as the island rule and Bergmann's rule.

Syllabus

Intro
Global distribution of marsupials
Ecological Biogeography
Biogeographic Regionalization
Faunal Regions: Palearctic
Faunal Regions: Neotropical
Faunal Regions: Ethiopian
Faunal Regions: Oriental
Faunal Regions: Australian
Faunal Regions: Oceanic
Abiotic Processes: Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift
Abiotic Processes: Climate Change, Ice Ages and Refugia
Biotic Processes: Dispersal
The Great American Biotic Interchange
Ecogeographic Patterns: The Island Rule
Ecogeographic Patterns: Bergmann's Rule
Ecogeographic Patterns: Allen's Rule
Ecogeographic Patterns: Gloger's Rule
Ecogeographic Patterns: Rapoport's Rule
The Latitudinal Gradient

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Jarod Raithel

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