課程名稱︰生物地理學 課程性質︰系內選修 課程教師︰鐘國芳 開課學院：生物資源暨農學院 開課系所︰森林環境暨資源學系 考試日期（年月日）︰2008 4/15 17:30 -4/18 17:30 (take home) 考試時限（分鐘）：72hr 是否需發放獎勵金：是 （如未明確表示，則不予發放） 試題 : 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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