Do large scale continental patterns in rainfall and temperature affect reptile and amphibian biodive

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Do large scale continental patterns in rainfall
and temperature affect reptile and amphibian
biodiversity? Hypothesis
reptile and amphibian biodiversity
rainfall and temperature
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Tasks ? Get reptile and amphibian species
counts by state. ? Get average temperature and
rainfall data by state. ? Plot them.
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? Get reptile and amphibian species counts by
state.
http//cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/science/StateAR.pdf
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• Get reptile and amphibian species counts by
  state.
• Canada, too!!!

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? Get average temperature and rainfall data by
state.
http//www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Climdiv/
climdiv.pl?variabTemperaturetype3base1mon11
mon212iy1iy2iy3iy4iy5iy6
iy7iy8iy9iy10iy11iy12iy1
3iy14iy15iy16iy17iy18iy19
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http//www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/tmp.state.197120
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http//www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_mon
itoring/regional_monitoring/us_12-month_precip.sht
ml
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http//www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Climdiv/climdiv.pl
?variabPrecipitationtype3base7mon11mon212
iy1iy2iy3iy4iy5iy6iy7
iy8iy9iy10iy11iy12iy13iy1
4iy15iy16iy17iy18iy19iy20
irange11895irange22008xlowxhixintscale
iwhite1SubmitCreatePlot
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Do large scale continental patterns in rainfall
and temperature affect reptile and amphibian
biodiversity? Hypothesis
reptile and amphibian biodiversity
rainfall and temperature
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