BIO4230 –  Biogeography and Biodiversity – 2007
1.	Lectures: Fridays: 9.15-12.00 in Zoological museum (Zm)/Botanical museum (Bm). Lab: Fridays May 4, 11, 18 at 9.15-12.00 & 13.15-16.00 at Blindern: Kristine Bonnevies building, Room 1252 (KB)
2.	Text book: Third edition of "Biogeography", Lomolino et al. 2005.

	Date	Title	Teacher	
Zm	19.01	An introduction to biogeography. The history of biogeography. Physical environment (chapter 3).	VG	
Zm	26.01	The ecological approach to distributions (chapters 4-5).	VG	
Zm	02.02	Processes in biogeography (chapters 6-7).	VG	
Zm	09.02	Areography and fundamental patterns (selected parts of chapter 10 and 15).	VG	
Bm	16.02	Glaciations and biogeographic dynamics of the Pleistocene (chapter 9).	CB	
Zm	23.02	The changing earth and paleogeography through geological time (chapter 8).	HAN	
Bm	02.03	Exam 1 (oral)
	VG & HAN	
				
Bm	09.03	Reconstructing the history of lineages and biotas (chapter 11-12).	MB	
Bm	16.03	Continued: Reconstructing the history of lineages and biotas (chapter 11-12).	MB	
Bm	23.03	Phylogeography.	CB	
Zm	30.03	Island biogeography: Patterns in species richness & assembly and evolution of insular communities (chapter 13 &14).	VG	
Bm	13.04	Biodiversity 1.	BS	
Bm	20.04	Biodiversity 2. Guided tour of the herbaria (RE 13.04 or 20.04).	BS	
Bm	27.04	Exam 2 (written)	MB, CB, BS, VG	
				
KB	04.05
Full day	Computer lab: Introduction to analyses tools 1
	PAST and exercises (hand-in)	ØH	
KB	11.05
Full day	Computer lab: Introduction to analyses tools 2
-	Phylogeography (hand-in)	CB	
KB	18.05
Full day	Students working on projects with supervision	ØH & CB	
Bm	25.05	Exam 3 (student projects: presentations)	ØH & CB	

BS: 	Brita Stedje
CB: 	Christian Brochmann
HAN: 	Hans Arne Nakrem
MB: 	Anna Marika (Mika) Bendiksby	RE: Reidar Elven
VG: 	Vladimir Gusarov
ØH: 	Øyvind Hammer