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biogeography Definition

bio·ge·og·ra·phy (bī′ō jē ägrə fē)

noun

the branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals

biogeography Related Forms
bi′o·ge′o·graphic (-ə grafik) 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.