Biogeography

Biogeography

The study of geographic distribution of living organisms.

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exploitation

Biology; Biogeography

The removal of individuals or biomass from a population by predators or parasites.

The result of a comprehensive survey of a large geographical area that maps the occurrence (or occurrence and relative abundance) of species in subdivisions of that area. An atlas is usually based on ...

primary succession

Biology; Biogeography

The sequence of communities developing in a newly exposed site devoid of life.

connectedness

Biology; Biogeography

The structural links between habitat patches in a landscape; can be described from mappable features.

physiognomy

Biology; Biogeography

The topography and other physical characteristics of a landform and its vegetation.

genotype

Biology; Biogeography

The total genetic message found in a cell or an individual.

biomarker

Biology; Biogeography

The variation, induced by a substance foreign to the body, in cellular or biochemical components or processes, structures, or functions that is measurable in a biological system or sample.