[Plsgs] FW: graduate seminar for fall 2019 (Macroecology, macroevolution, and speciation)

[Lambert, Georgina M - (glambert)]

Graduate seminar for Fall 2019  (ECOL 596W)



Course title: Macroecology, macroevolution, and speciation



Credit hours:  2



Meeting:  Once per week, for 1:20 minutes



Instructor:  John J. Wiens (http://www.wienslab.com/Home.html)



Goal:  To explore the evolutionary and ecological origins of diversity patterns.  In the first part of the semester, we will provide an overview of different topics in macroecology, macroevolution, and speciation.  In the second part, we will select a topic to focus on in more depth.  Macroecological topics can include diversity gradients, geographic range sizes, community assembly, and ecological niches.  Macroevolutionary topics can include rates and patterns of diversification, speciation, and extinction, and rates and patterns of phenotypic trait evolution (including adaptive radiation and niche evolution and conservatism).  Topics in speciation can include ecological and genetic mechanisms of speciation, species concepts, and geographic modes of speciation.



Course format:  The course will emphasize exploring, reading, and discussing the essential primary literature on these topics.   In some years, we have also done class projects, sometimes leading to a published paper (e.g. Larsen et al. 2017; Quarterly Review of Biology).



Time and place:  TBA (based on student's availability)



Target audience: Ph.D. and Master's students in ecology, evolution, or related areas.



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John J. Wiens, Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ  85721-0088
Phone: 520-621-0337
Web: http://www.wienslab.com/Home.html
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