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biogeography

noun — 2 senses

biogeography

noun

Etymology From bio- + geography.

1

Biology, Geography, Natural sciences The study of the geographical distribution of living things.

2

Biology, Geography, Natural sciences The geographical distribution of a particular living thing.

  • First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies.2004, Brian P. Hedlund, James T. Staley, “Microbial Endemism and Biogeography”, in Alan T. Bull, editor, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, →ISBN, page 225:
Derived terms
biogeographical, paleobiogeography, panbiogeography, phylobiogeography
Related terms
biogeographic, cytogeography

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