FOR200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gamma Diversity, Alpha Diversity, Competitive Exclusion Principle
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Lecture 1 the forests and their role in the history of ideas. Early explorers explored the beach, and agricultural areas. The orinoco expedition of alexander von humboldt and aime bonplant. A purely scientific expedition (previously scientists had generally accompanied explorers in search of wealth/ land claims) An interdisciplinary scientific team (one botanist and one zoologist/geologist/physical scientist). Initial biological explorations of the andes, orinoco, and upper amazonia. Von humboldt and the relationship between climate and vegetation. First effort to link geology, soils, climate, and vegetation. The last major attempt by a single individual to synthesize all scientific knowledge in a single work (von humboldt(cid:284)s work (cid:281)kosmos(cid:282)) More geographic places named for von humboldt than any other individual in history. Iconoclastic tree breeder who developed theory of (cid:281)natural process of selection(cid:282) 2 years before origin of species. First to link geographic distributions to evolution. Independently proposed natural selection, and co-authored paper with. Not impenetrable (cid:281)jungle(cid:282) or fruit filled gardens of eden.
