Module code | ZEN 809 |
Qualification | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Module content | Biogeographic consequences of plate tectonics, Pleistocene southern African climatic, geological, edaphic and geomorphological patterns. Reconstructing biogeographic histories (speciation, extinction, dispersal, vicariance, endemism, provincialism and disjunction); phytogeographical patterns, biomes, vegetation types. Methodological issues in macro-ecology; patterns of body size, abundance and energetics; geographic range sizes; species dynamics in landscapes; implications of macro-ecological patterns to ecology; biogeography and evolution; macro-ecological perspectives on conservation: species richness, hierarchical diversity, hotspots, spatial and temporal patterns in diversity (genetic, taxonomic, functional); causal mechanisms, species diversity, biodiversity and global change. |
Module credits | 15.00 |
Programmes | |
Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
Contact time | 4 discussion classes per week |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Academic organisation | Zoology and Entomology |
Period of presentation | Year |
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