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zoogeography
Sign in to saveAlso known as animal distribution, animal biogeography, faunology, regional zoology
thumb|right|300px|Zoogeographic regions of Alfred Russel Wallace|Wallace, 1876 Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with geographic distribution (present and past) of animal species.
Research
339 papersvia PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Zoogeographic regions
- Sclater (1857)
- Huxley (1868)
- Wallace (1876)
- Trouessart (1890)
- Darlington (1957)
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Zoogeographic regions of Alfred Russel Wallace|Wallace, 1876 Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with geographic distribution (present and past) of animal species.
As a multifaceted field of study, zoogeography incorporates methods of molecular biology, genetics, morphology, phylogenetics, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to delineate evolutionary events within defined regions of study around the globe. As proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace, known as the father of zoogeography, phylogenetic affinities can be quantified among zoogeographic regions, further elucidating the phenomena surrounding geographic distributions of organisms and explaining evolutionary relationships of taxa.
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