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Biogeography
Biogeography
is the study of the distribution of
species
and
ecosystems
in geographic
space
and through
(geological) time
. Organisms and biological
communities
often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of
latitude
,
elevation
,
isolation
and habitat
area
.
Phytogeography
is the branch of biogeography that studies the distribution of plants.
Zoogeography
is the branch that studies distribution of animals.
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