SB24002 BIOGEOGRAPHY

Oral Presentation (10%): Topic Biogeographic region

– Floral/Faunal (Week 7 & 8)
• Oral presentation – 15 minutes (10-12 mins presentation; 3-5
mins Q & A)
• Individual
• Presentation of floral/faunal region
• Each student presents a floral or faunal region
• Floral/faunal region will be assigned to each student randomly
• Check the region assigned to you here=>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1anaFCew23LeD585h0MyxAk9Y
UEuMRvcQ/view?usp=sharing
• Click the link above, and open it using Google Sheets, then you
can enter the date of your presentation directly into the excel file
• Presentation should be done by 31st May 2021
Students will be assessed for MQF 5LOD: Attribute 5.1
Verbal Communication
 Very Weak Weak Fair Good Very Good
Attribute Subattribute
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9 - 10

Able to deliver
Not able to deliver Able to deliver ideas fairly
Able to deliver
Clear delivery ideas clearly and ideas and require clearly Able to deliver
ideas with great
of ideas require major further and require ideas clearly
clarity
improvements improvements minor
improvements

Able to deliver
Able to deliver
ideas fairly
Confident ideas with limited Able to deliver
Not able to deliver confidently Able to deliver
delivery of confidence and ideas with great
ideas confidently and require ideas confidently
ideas require further confidence
minor
Verbal improvements.
improvements
Communication
Able to deliver
Able to deliver
Effective and ideas fairly Ability to deliver
ideas with limited Able to deliver
articulate Not able to deliver effectively ideas with great
effect ideas effectively
delivery of ideas effectively and require effect and
and require further and articulately
ideas minor articulate
improvements
improvements
Able to understand
Able to fully
Not able to and answer Able to
Understand Able to respond understand and
understand and questions but not understand and
and respond to to questions respond to
respond to a able to accurately answer questions
questions well questions very
question answer the satisfactorily
well
question
Floral and faunal regions are basically similar in
their geographic ranges, but there are some
differences….
Floral/Phytogeographic regions:
• Nearctic
Holarctic
• Palearctic
• Neotropical
Palaeotropic
• Ethiopian/African
• Oriental
• Australian/Australasian
• Capensic –southern tip of Africa)
Floral/Phytogeographic regions
Faunal/Zoogeographic regions (refer
https://www.britannica.com/science/biogeographic-
region/Fauna):
• Nearctic
• Palearctic
• Neotropical
• Paleotropical - Ethiopian/Afrotropical
• Paleotropical – Oriental/Sino-Indian
• Wallacea
• Madagascan
• Australian/Australasian
• Oceanic
• New Zealand
• Hawaiian
 Faunal/Zoogeographic regions

Earth's faunal regions System of faunal regions based on a reanalysis of mammalian

distributions by Charles H. Smith. Image: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
 What to include
• Present not more than 10 slides
• Guidelines:
• Slide 1 – Title & student information
• Slide 2-3 – Intro/Background – map, where the region is; explain
differences between flora and fauna region in terms of its
geographic range, if any
• Slide 4-5 – diversity; flora & fauna; endemics?, uniqueness? how
different from other regions; show pictures
• Slide 6-9 – what processes shape the region range size/limit,
distribution of its biodiversity – explain geological processes,
climatic events, time scale, barriers; boundaries of the region;
biogeographic processes such as dispersal & colonization,
extinction, adaptation, speciation/diversification
• Slide 10 – conclusion