Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of biology which treats of the geographical distribution of living things; geographical biology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zoögeography and phytogeography.
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- noun uncountable The study of the
geographical distribution of living things - noun The geographical distribution of a particular living thing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants
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Examples
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Reports, photos and specimens are badly needed from these regions, and we have some way to go before babirusa diversity and biogeography is properly understood.
The many babirusa species: laissez-faire lumping under fire again Darren Naish 2006
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Reports, photos and specimens are badly needed from these regions, and we have some way to go before babirusa diversity and biogeography is properly understood.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Scientists call this bond "biogeography" -- and if you're unfamiliar with it, and you have an imagination that allows you to roam in time and space, biogeography will change forever the way you think of yourself.
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In another chapter, Coyne stresses the importance of biogeography, that is, the peculiar arrangement of species on continents versus different island types.
Stuart Whatley: On Darwin's Birthday, Examining Why Evolution Is True 2009
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It was like island biogeography theory gone wild …
Think Progress » Graham condemns Keep America Safe’s attacks on DOJ lawyers as ‘shameful.’ 2010
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“It was like island biogeography theory gone wild …”
Think Progress » Graham condemns Keep America Safe’s attacks on DOJ lawyers as ‘shameful.’ 2010
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The evidence for Common Descent is found in the nested containment hierarchy of morphology, embyonics, genomics, biogeography and the succession of fossils.
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The evidence for Common Descent is found in the nested containment hierarchy of morphology, embyonics, genomics, biogeography and the succession of fossils.
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Labels: biogeography, research posted by Chad Arment @ 2: 17 PM
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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The great Philip Stott, the (now emeritus) professor of biogeography who for the past twenty years has patiently explained the bogus anti-science behind AGW theory and its real agenda of anti-western, anti-capitalist, anti-human ideology, has put up a terrific post about all this on his blog, The Clamour of the Times.
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Undeniably, the internet has a biogeography all its own — a landscape of human settlements distributed according to resources and infrastructure.
Fandom is fun!!!! Ryan Broderick 2023
hernesheir commented on the word biogeography
(n): the study of the distribution of biological species on regional, continental, or worldwide scales.
Good reference/definition at
December 31, 2008