Welcome to the UHS Animal Diversity blog!
This blog is a tool utilized by our class to help keep us connected with current events in animal science...and to have a little fun viewing photos, videos, or articles on the fun and wacky animals we may discover along the way. I encourage you all to post at any time, as long as material is in some way relevant to zoology. In this way, not only will you be responding to articles I assign, but you'll also be taking charge of your zoology education!
For Friday, please read the following article and write a short response on how the combination of ecological and evolutionary perspectives is strengthening our views of zoology.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075422.htm
It seems to be that evolutionary and ecological perspectives goes hand in hand like butter on a biscuit. Neither tastes as well without the other. Like the buttered biscuit these two perspecies work together to strengthen our view on Zoology. In order to understand current ecological perspectives it is needed to study evolutionary progress from the past. By analyzing such data scientists are able to find patterns and learn more about bow certain animals evolved to where they are and why & how they interact with their environment. According to Cavender-Bares, they are goin back to a more Naturalist view which has helped them begin to ' accumulate evidence that community structure and Interactions through time can feedback to promote or constrain diversification of species' (Ken Kozak).
ReplyDeleteWhat I understand from reading the article is that understanding the evolutionary and ecological process is crucial in understanding the animal world around us. Going back in time and studying evolutionary patterns and animal behavior gives us major clues as to why the react the way they do now, and what possibly might be in store for the future.
ReplyDeleteWhat I took from this article was that the study of "phylogenetics" is important to us because it helps us better understand the relationships and interactions between animals and organisms. This study provides explanation for why animals behave the way that they do. It helps us better understand diversity in a species and how those specific species coexist in an area.
ReplyDeleteI drew from this article that we have a finer tuned perspective of zoology due to looking in to evolutionary factors. We are strengthening our view on the way animals are the way they are and how they coexist with other creatures.
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