biogeography
study of geographic distributions of organisms in space
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Glossary for Biogeography
NOTE: Terms are arranged according to the following subject categories: biogeography, ecology, evolution, landscape ecology, and taxonomy.
biogeography The study of the distribution of plants and animals across the Earth.
bioluminescent Refers to organisms that emit light under certain conditions.
biomass The total weight of living tissue in a community.
biogeography
The study of the past and present distribution of species.
biological clock ...
Biogeography - a science that attempts to describe the changing distributions and geographic patterns of living and fossil species of plants and animals ...
Biogeography: Separation and Divergence
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of plants and animals throughout the world.
[edit] Biogeography and ecology
A map of the world from The Geographical Distribution of Animals shows Wallace's 6 Biogeographical regions.
biogeography The study of the distribution of life on earth.
biological clock An internal timing mechanism that involves both an internal self-sustaining pacemaker and cyclic environmental synchronizers.
Biogeography studies the spatial distribution of organisms on the Earth,[64] focusing on topics like plate tectonics, climate change, dispersal and migration, and cladistics.
Branches of biology
Main article: List of biology disciplines ...
See also: biogeography, Amazonian forest, extinction, Unified neutral theory of biodiversity.
Is biodiversity threatened?
In addition, patterns of biogeography apply to fossils as well as extant organisms. When combined with plate tectonics, fossils provide evidence of distributions and dispersals of ancient species.
Wilson, The Theory of Island Biogeography, Princeton University Press) shows the number of species of reptiles and amphibians on various islands in the West Indies.
 See also: Species, Organ, Evolution, Origin, Human
  
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