Syllabus (PDF)

Topic 01 (Biotic inventory and related activities: Interactive key construction)

• Exercise 01 (Conifer Data Collection) (PDF)
• Exercise 02 (Conifer Interactive Key Construction) (PDF)
• Excel spreadsheet for this (XLS)
• Brach and Song (2005) article (PDF)

Topic 02 (Biotic inventory and related activities: Biogeographic mapping and modeling)

A. Tutorials, exercises, and assignments

• Link to information about georeferencing your specimens using GEOLOCATE
• DIVA-GIS Tutorial (PDF)
• DIVA-GIS Non-tutorial Exercise 1 (Wild Potatoes) (RTF)
• DIVA-GIS Non-tutorial Exercise 2 (Parks Herbarium Analysis) (RTF)
• ZIP file with data (ZIP)

B. Readings

• Beaman et al. (2004) (PDF)
• Jarvis et al. (2003) (PDF)
• DIVA-GIS Manual (PDF)

Topic 03 (Phylogenetic Inference).

A. Lectures and lecture supporting materials

• Lecture 1 outline (5 March 2007): Phylogenetics basics (PDF)
• Lecture 1 powerpoint: click here (PPT)
• Lecture 2 outline (19 March 2007): Cladogram construction (PDF)

B. Assignments and exercises

• Exercise 01 (5 pts): Phylogenetic inference exercise using vertebrates as the ingroup (PDF)
• Exercise 02 (no pts): Fitch Optimization: Counting steps (and ancestor reconstruction) (PDF)

C. Readings

• Reading 01: Phylogenetics Reading Assignment 1 (DOC)
• Reading 02: WinClada 1.0 manual (PDF)
• Readings 03: Second phylogenetics reading assignment handed out in class; no electronic versions available.

D. Supporting downloads

• Phylogenetic programs: program 1 program 2

Assorted Material

• 01.ss
• 02.ss
• amphibia-test-cox1.nex
• amphibia-test-18s.nex
• Zardoya and Meyer (Tetrapod origins) (PDF)