Concept information
Preferred term
biogeography
Definition
- Biogeography is the study of the geographical distribution of living and fossil plants and animals as a result of ecological and evolutionary processes. Biogeography analyzes organism-environment relations through change over space and time, and it often includes human-biota interactions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Biogeography]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- adaptive radiation
- animal geographies
- biodiversity
- biogeochemical cycles
- biomes
- bioregionalism
- biosphere reserves
- biota and climate
- biota and soils
- biota and topography
- biota migration and dispersal
- coral reefs
- ecoregions
- ecoshed
- ecosystem decay
- ecosystems
- ecotone
- exotic species
- extinction
- gaia theory
- Great American Exchange
- human-induced invasion of species
- invasion and succession
- island biogeography
- keystone species
- nutrient cycles
- organophosphates
- peat
- permaculture
- phosphorus cycle
- prairies
- pyrogeography
- resilience
- single large or several small debate
- species-area relationship
- taphonomy
- wetlands
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FJG69800-S
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