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/ˌbīōjēˈägrəfē/,
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The branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals,
  1. The branch of biology that deals with the geographical distribution of plants and animals

  1. dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants
  2. (biogeographical) biogeographic: of or relating to or involved with biogeography
  3. Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species spatially and temporally. Over areal ecological changes, it is also tied to the concepts of species and their past, or present living 'refugium', their survival locales, or their interim living sites. ...
  4. Climatology / Paleoclimatology · Coastal geography · Geomorphology · Glaciology · Hydrology / Hydrography · Landscape ecology · Limnology · Oceanography · Palaeogeography · Pedology · Quaternary science
  5. the study of the distribution of species
  6. The study of how organisms are distributed in time and space, usually but not necessarily on large scales.
  7. study of how species are distributed across the earth
  8. is the science which deals with geographic patterns of species distribution and the processes that result in such patterns.
  9. The study of variation in species composition and diversity among geographic locations. [17]
  10. the study of living systems and their distribution to understand where and why animals and plants live in certain places.
  11. 2nd edition. (1998) James H. Brown & Mark V. Lomolino  [Biogeo]
  12. The study of species distributions over time. Events such as continental drift, orogenesis, glaciation and lowered sea levels forming land bridges among other things can affect species distributions. ...
  13. scientific discipline studying regularity of allocation of vegetative cover and animal world in biosphere.
  14. The branch of biology that treats the latitude and longitude of the location of plants and animals; range. See also: chorology.