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Andrew Z. Colvin

Andrew Z. Colvin

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An alumnus of Arizona State University, I studied a host of topics, primarily focused on biology, secondary education, and history. My expertise is in ecology and evolution (particularly enthusiastic about speciation) and behavioral ecology. 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. As an educator, I fully believe in the application of the Socratic method to stimulate thinking and generate authentic learning. When I have the time on Wikipedia, I try to improve and expand articles that lack depth as well as create articles on missing topics. I do my best to provide well-sourced content for readers, teachers, and students. I strive to create 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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For publishers visiting here to contact me about any of the Earth's Location in the Universe diagrams, click below for links to the diagram and its full, editor-ready versions. Feel free to contact me here about these or any other works.
2018 Version
2012 Version
2009 Version

Digital Scientific Assets

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Wiki Curriculum Vitae

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  • 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

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Articles Needing Work

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Needing/Possibly needing creation

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Diagrams needing creation

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Editing Resources

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Frequent citation formats

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References, Citation templates, and Citation error help:

  • Journal

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  • Journal (short)

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  • Journal (with author links)

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  • Book

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  • Website (short)

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  • Website

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  • Multiple use of the same citation

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  • Page number from book refs

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  • Note list item

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Some common places

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Template messages

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Section template messages

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In line templates

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Section head templates

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  • {{Main}} - Main article
  • {{Details}} – For more details on this topic, see
  • {{Further}} – Further information:
  • {{Related}} – Related terms:
  • {{also}} – See also

Other

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Citation hunt

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I can help! Give me a random citation to find!

Misc.

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Barnstars

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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)