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Biogeography vs Ecogeography - What's the difference?

biogeography | ecogeography | Related terms |

Biogeography is a related term of ecogeography.


As nouns the difference between biogeography and ecogeography

is that biogeography is (uncountable) the study of the geographical distribution of living things while ecogeography is the study of environmental effects on the distribution of living things.

biogeography

English

(wikipedia biogeography)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things
  • The geographical distribution of a particular living thing
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, Brian P. Hedlund & James T. Staley, chapter=Microbial Endemism and Biogeography, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, editor=Alan T. Bull citation
    • , passage=First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies .}}

    Derived terms

    * palaeobiogeography

    Related terms

    * biogeographic

    ecogeography

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The study of environmental effects on the distribution of living things
  • * {{quote-book, 2002, V.K. Prabhakar, Encyclopaedia of Environmental Pollution and Awareness in the 21st Century citation
    • , passage=Another aspect of ecogeography is seen in the dispersal or spacing of fauna as a result of multiple interactions between the individual and the environment.}}

    Derived terms

    * ecogeographic

    Related terms

    * ecogeographer * biogeography * phytogeography * zoogeography * geoecology