课程名称︰生物地理学 课程性质︰系内选修 课程教师︰钟国芳 开课学院：生物资源暨农学院 开课系所︰森林环境暨资源学系 考试日期（年月日）︰2008 4/15 17:30 -4/18 17:30 (take home) 考试时限（分钟）：72hr 是否需发放奖励金：是 （如未明确表示，则不予发放） 试题 : Biogeography Midterm exam April 15, 2008 This is a take-home exam. Please answer in Chinese (expect for some technical terms)that without proper Chinese translation). Clear written and typed are both acceptable. Please return your answer to my office(R318) or my mailbox before 17:30 Friday (April 18, 2008) 10% each 1. What is biogeography? Explain why biogeography is such a compliated discipline? 2. Discuss the philosophic aspect of biogeography on mordern science. 3. Explain the importance of species distribution on biogeography and what limit species distribution. 4. What is sweepstake route? Explain the analog between long - distance dispersal (LDD) and benefitial mutations. 5. Discuss the role of biogeography in history of speciation studies. 6. Describe Wegener's theory of continental drift and modern evidence supporting Wegener's theory. Why Wegener's theory wae rejected by his contemporary? 7. Describe the possible causes and impacts of glaciation. 8. Describe the Pleistocene North American Megafouna Extinction? What is overkill hypothesis? What are the supports and rejections of this hypothesis in relation to other fauna extinction. 9. Describe the major biogeographic patterns (give 2 examples for each) and explain the possible cause of each example. 10. Describe the Great American Intherchange and different hypotheses to explain the unbalance exchange between North and South American fauna. Give your explanation why flora does not have the same pattern. -- Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution. Very little in evolution makes sense, except in the light of ecology. --

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