1-4: Review Biogeography and Global Ecology

Author

A. J. Smit

Published

2026/06/12

BCB743 assumes that you still remember the biodiversity and macroecology material from BDC334. Use the links below as a refresher before you start the quantitative parts of this module.

BDC334 Material for Review in Week 1

References

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@online{smit2026,
  author = {Smit, A. J. and J. Smit, A.},
  title = {1-4: {Review} {Biogeography} and {Global} {Ecology}},
  date = {2026-06-12},
  url = {https://tangledbank.netlify.app/BCB743/review.html},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Smit AJ, J. Smit A (2026) 1-4: Review Biogeography and Global Ecology. https://tangledbank.netlify.app/BCB743/review.html.

---
date: last-modified
title: "1-4: Review Biogeography and Global Ecology"
author: "A. J. Smit"

---

```{r code-brewing-opts, echo=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  comment = "R>",
  warning = FALSE,
  message = FALSE,
  fig.width = 4.5,
  fig.height = 2.625,
  out.width = "75%",
  fig.asp = NULL, # control via width/height
  dpi = 300
)

ggplot2::theme_set(
  ggplot2::theme_minimal(base_size = 8)
)
ggplot2::theme_set(
  ggplot2::theme_bw(base_size = 8)
)
```

BCB743 assumes that you still remember the biodiversity and macroecology material from BDC334. Use the links below as a refresher before you start the quantitative parts of this module.

::: callout-tip
## BDC334 Material for Review in Week 1

-   [1. Overview of Ecosystems](../BDC334/Lec-02-ecosystems.qmd)
-   [2. Ecological Gradients](../BDC334/Lec-03-gradients.qmd)
-   [3. Biodiversity Concepts](../BDC334/Lec-04-biodiversity.qmd)
-   [4. Unified Ecology](../BDC334/Lec-06-unified-ecology.qmd)
-   [5. Environmental Distance](../BDC334/Lab-02b-env_dist.qmd)
-   [6. Quantifying Biodiversity](../BDC334/Lab-03-biodiversity.qmd)
-   [7. Species Distribution Patterns](../BDC334/Lab-04-biodiversity.qmd)
:::

## References

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