biogeography
pronunciation
How to pronounce biogeography in British English:
UK [ˌbaɪəʊˌdʒɪ'ɒgrəfɪ]
How to pronounce biogeography in American English:
US [ˌbaɪoʊˌdʒɪ'ɒgrəfɪ]
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- Noun:
- dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants
Word Origin
- biogeography (n.)
- also bio-geography, 1892, from bio- + geography. Related: Biogeographical.
Example
- 1. Can the science of biogeography find osama bin laden ?
- 2. Published in the september global ecology and biogeography , the maps show that in 1700 , humans had already penetrated almost every habitable area .
- 3. An updated mammalian biochronology and biogeography for the early paleogene of asia .
- 4. Historical biogeography attempts to reconstruct the biota history of the earth .
- 5. To understand this " metacommunity " of host and microbes , relman says , it is important to understand how it can vary over space and time ( or what ecologists call biogeography ) .