Empirical distributions

Brian O’MearaEEB464 Fall 2014

IMAX Tropical Rainforest, , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUuA-C_I3DE

Macroevolution is a process.What patterns should it describe?

What fraction of animals and plants are insects (no fungi)

A. ~10%B. ~25%C. ~50%D. ~75%

2 points any answer

Stork. Insect diversity: facts, fiction, and speculation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1988) vol. 35 pp. 321-337

Moles et al. Global patterns in plant height. Journal of Ecology (2009) vol. 97 (5) pp. 923-932

Clauset et al. How Many Species Have Mass M?. American Naturalist (2009) vol. 173 (2) pp. 256-263

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/continents.html

http://www.fossilmuseum.net/plantfossils/Metasequoia/DawnRedwood.htm

©Rasbak

Cope’s rule

http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Cope%27s_Rule_in_Equidae.htm

Examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=TOa8y95khK8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOC2Qc2Qedw

Dr Tony Ayling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54bxmZy_NE : BBC Planet Earth

http://www.racheldiazbastin.com

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/image_pop/l_016_02.html

http://bio1151.nicerweb.com/: Image presumably from Campbell & Reece textbook