The primary objective of this project is to investigate the biogeography of an individual species including: natural history; evolution; distribution; conservation status; habitat preference; dispersal and/or movement pattern. Each student will be assigned one organism from the list of species in the Table below.
| # | Common name |
| Northern Flying Squirrel | |
| Lynx | |
| Fisher | |
| White-tailed deer | |
| American Marten | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | |
| Eastern Wood pewee | |
| Ruffed Grouse | |
| Ovenbird | |
| 10 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| 11 | Evening Grosbeak |
| 12 | Canada Warbler |
| 13 | Black-backed Woodpecker |
| 14 | Hermit Thrush |
| 15 | Brown Creeper |
| 16 | Least Flycatcher |
| 17 | Bicknell’s Thrush |
| 18 | Varied Thrush |
| 19 | White-winged Crossbill |
| 20 | Black Ash |
| 21 | Blue Felt Lichen |
| 22 | Wrinkled shingle lichen |
| 23 | Wood Turtle |
| 24 | Red-backed Salamander |
| 25 | Red-back Vole |
| Other… |
The paper should be approximately 2500 words and contain the following information.
- Complete scientific name: Kingdom, Phylum, Division or Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species
- Evolution and Distribution:
- Where did it originate?
- How did it disperse? Dispersal route?
- What factors affected its dispersal and subsequent distribution?
- Who are its ancestors? (provide evolutionary tree if possible)
- What was its past and what is its present distribution? (provide map of current distribution)
- Is it an endemic species? Cosmopolitan?
- Natural History: including resource requirements, reproduction (e.g. number of offspring, rate), and habitat preference and requirements.
- Current status: threatened? Endangered? Etc…what are the current stresses on the population? What type of conservation methods (if any) are in place?
Students will be expected to integrate biogeographical theory and terminology learnt in class within their essay (e.g. island biogeography, type of distributions, type of dispersal routes, etc…). The paper should include a minimum of 10 references however only half of these may be from the web (excluding electronic journals), the majority should be from refereed sources. Use APA reference formatting. All maps should include proper cartographic elements including north arrow and scale bar
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