biogeography
biogeography
Definition
bio·ge·og·ra·phy (bī′ō jē ä′grə fē)
noun
the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
bi′o·ge′o·graph′ic (-ə graf′ik) adjective
biogeography
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- crustacean: We provide evidence of large-scale changes in the biogeography of calanoid copepod crustaceans in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and European shelf seas.
Converse of object
- study: Data from the survey have been used to study biogeography, biodiversity, seasonal and inter-annual variation, long-term trends, and exceptional events.
Adjective modifier
- historical: Consequently there is little understanding of Irish historical biogeography.
- ecological: Keywords: Ecological biogeography, practical, agricultural land.
- molecular: Molecular biogeography uses information about the rate of changes in DNA sequences to estimate when evolutionary events occurred.
- functional: Brief Introduction I started my DPhil on the functional biogeography of the Amazon forest canopy in October 2005.
Noun used with modifier
- island: Species diversity will be considered in the context of island biogeography, and measures of diversity and the question of stress will be raised.
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