Biogeography

Biogeography

The study of geographic distribution of living organisms.

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environmental characterization

Biology; Biogeography

The prediction or measurement of the spatial and temporal distribution of a stressor and its co-occurrence or contact with the ecological components of concern.

The process of identifying and classifying components of biodiversity to determine which components already occur on protected areas and, conversely, which are un- or underrepresented on protected ...

turnover

Biology; Biogeography

The process of local extinction (e.g., on islands) of some species and their replacement by other species. The turnover rate is the number of species eliminated and replaced per unit time.

survival

Biology; Biogeography

The proportion of newborn individuals alive at a given age.

stable age distribution

Biology; Biogeography

The proportions of the population in different age classes when the rate of increase has converged to a constant (which depends on the fixed schedules of survival and fecundity). The ratios between ...