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Azcolvin429

Joined 28 July 2008
Andrew Z. Colvin

Andrew Z. Colvin edit

Name's Andy. I was born in the Valley of the Sun, grew up in the mountains of Colorado, and returned to the Valley. I am an alumnus of Arizona State University, having studied a host of topics, primarily focused on biology, secondary education, and history. My greatest interests in biology are evolution, (particularly enthusiastic about speciation), biogeography, ecology, and animal behavior. My major interests in history relate to the history and philosophy of science and the relationship between science, culture, and society. I also enjoy paleontology and research concerning the evolutionary history of life on Earth. My teaching philosophies are based on big-picture thinking about science; cross-cutting and interdisciplinary approaches to learning; and the importance of authentic experiences with the natural world. I fully believe in the application of the Socratic method to stimulate thinking and generate learning. When I have the time on Wikipedia, I try to improve and greatly expand articles that lack sufficient depth as well as create articles on missing topics. I do my best to provide quality, well-sourced content for the millions of readers here everyday and to provide teachers and students with a valuable resource. I also strive to create open-source, scientific diagrams to convey complex scientific concepts in an understandable way. Anything else you need or want to know you can ask me on my talk page.

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Scientific Artwork edit

Wiki Curriculum Vitae edit

  • Andrew Z. Colvin (2018), "Peripatric speciation" (PDF), WikiJournal of Science, 1 (2): 008, doi:10.15347/WJS/2018.008{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) (Wiki Article: Peripatric Speciation)

Development edit

Articles Needing Work edit

Speciation-related edit

Needing/Possibly needing creation edit

Diagrams needing creation edit

  • Galapagos colonization and speciation of fauna: finches, lizards, tortoises, hawk, and mockingbird.
  • Radiation diagrams of species on other islands (peripatric speciation article); see Whittaker et al. (2008) for overview of sources.
  • combination diagram of sequential speciation and colonization of Hawaiian endemics
  • Cynomys mexicanus geographic distribution map
  • Remake and SVG this dynamo diagram
  • Marine transgression and regression

Templates needing work\creation edit

  • Template:Speciation - needs to be filled with the "article tree"; better organization
  • Template:SpeciationSidebar - possible creation, modeled after the evolutionary biology template; if created, it needs inclusion on tons of speciation articles

General interest edit

Editing Resources edit

Frequent citation formats edit

References, Citation templates, and Citation error help:

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Section template messages edit

In line templates edit

Section head templates edit

  • {{Main}} - Main article
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  • {{Further}} – Further information:
  • {{Related}} – Related terms:
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Other edit

Citation hunt edit

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Misc. edit

Barnstars edit

  The Science Barnstar
I just reviewed the article you started on the History of speciation. I'm incredibly impressed with how thorough and well-cited the article is. And yet you claim to have "rushed to get this article out as soon as possible".

Well done - in this and your other work. Wikipedia is fortunate to have an editor like you. paul2520 (talk) 02:51, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

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