代写 GGR305: Biogeography Paper Proposal Assignment

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    GGR305: Biogeography  Namrata Shrestha
    Summer 2016 
    Paper Proposal Assignment
    (Due Jul 13 in class, Worth 15% of final mark)
    Goals of Assignment
    1. Work through the formulation of a term paper question.
    2. Identify the scope of the paper and specific search strategy.
    3. Familiarize yourself with a search strategy to effectively research your topic.
    The scope of the term paper and library research approaches will be discussed more
    thoroughly in class. If you have any concerns about your proposed topic, I encourage
    you to speak with me before the proposal assignment is due.
    Suggested Approaches
    1. Focus on one taxon (species, genus, etc.) investigating how it has changed
    overtime: what physical and biological limiting factors impact its distribution; how
    have the distribution changed over time; and what are the hypotheses explaining
    these changes? For example: How has the distribution of the horse changed
    overtime?
    2. Focus on a specific location investigating what plants, mammal, birds,
    invertebrate, or other taxonomic group are currently present: how has this
    changed over a given time period (i.e. since the last glaciation); what are the physical
    conditions of this location; how have these conditions changed over time; and what
    is the impact of these changes on the taxa of interest? For example: How has the
    vegetation of Southern Ontario changed since the last glaciation?
    3. Focus on humans’ impact on a given taxa or the diversity in a particular location.
    For example: How have humans impacted the biota of New Zealand since the first
    Polynesians arrived?
    4. Another approach of your choosing, with prior approval.
    GGR305: Biogeography  Namrata Shrestha
    Summer 2016 
    Other Details
    For this assignment: typed, 12 pt Times font, double-spaced; make sure your name and
    student number are on your assignment. You do not need a cover page.
    Remember to upload it to turnitin.com and bring a paper copy to class.
    1. Provide a title that communicates the focus of your paper (1 mark). You do not need
    a separate title page.
    2. In an introductory paragraph, clearly state your research question and briefly
    address the scope of the project (4 marks).
    3. Explain in a second paragraph why this question is worth addressing: what is the
    biogeographical relevance of the question (5 marks)?
    4. Complete and turn in the results of steps A through D of the search strategy (5
    marks).
    代写 GGR305: Biogeography Paper Proposal Assignment
    Search Strategy
    To be completed as part of paper proposal:
    A. Turn in a list of (at least) seven key words or phrases based on the topic identified.
    B. Search article databases using your key words and phrases
    C. Examine results of initial searches by looking at the first 20 to 30 results.
    (If nothing appropriate turns up, then try revising key words and/or search other
    databases.)
    D. Turn in a list of (at least) three scholarly journal articles you will likely include in your
    paper.
    To be completed once you get the “green light” for your paper topic:
    E. Read and take notes on the references found.
    F. Conduct a follow-up searches; determine which papers cite and which papers are
    cited by the most relevant articles from your initial search.

    代写 GGR305: Biogeography Paper Proposal Assignment