Definitions for Biogeography
ˌbaɪ oʊ dʒiˈɒg rə fibio·geog·ra·phy

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1. biogeographynoun

   dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants

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1. biogeographynoun

   The study of the geographical distribution of living things

2. biogeographynoun

   The geographical distribution of a particular living thing

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1. Biogeography

   Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that studies the distribution of plants. Zoogeography is the branch that studies distribution of animals. Mycogeography is the branch that studies distribution of fungi, such as mushrooms. Knowledge of spatial variation in the numbers and types of organisms is as vital to us today as it was to our early human ancestors, as we adapt to heterogeneous but geographically predictable environments. Biogeography is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and information from ecology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy, geology, physical geography, palaeontology, and climatology.Modern biogeographic research combines information and ideas from many fields, from the physiological and ecological constraints on organismal dispersal to geological and climatological phenomena operating at global spatial scales and evolutionary time frames. The short-term interactions within a habitat and species of organisms describe the ecological application of biogeography. Historical biogeography describes the long-term, evolutionary periods of time for broader classifications of organisms. Early scientists, beginning with Carl Linnaeus, contributed to the development of biogeography as a science. The scientific theory of biogeography grows out of the work of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Francisco Jose de Caldas (1768–1816), Hewett Cottrell Watson (1804–1881), Alphonse de Candolle (1806–1893), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), Philip Lutley Sclater (1829–1913) and other biologists and explorers.

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1. biogeography

   Biogeography is the scientific study of the geographic distribution of plant and animal species throughout the world, and the evolutionary processes that have led to their current distributions. It includes understanding how this distribution is affected by factors such as climate, terrain, and human influence.

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1. Biogeography

   Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities vary in a highly regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. Knowledge of spatial variation in the numbers and types of organisms is as vital to us today as it was to our early human ancestors, as we adapt to heterogeneous but geographically predictable environments. Biogeography is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and information from ecology, evolutionary biology, geology, and physical geography. Modern biogeographic research combines information and ideas from many fields, from the physiological and ecological constraints on organismal dispersal to geological and climatological phenomena operating at global spatial scales and evolutionary time frames.

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   The numerical value of Biogeography in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of Biogeography in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Biogeography
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Biogeography
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Biogeography