Biogeography is the branch of geography that focuses on the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities usually vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation, and habitat area. Do you think you know everything about this topic? Attempt this quiz to find out more
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Geology
Geography
Climate
Soils & Vegetation
Evolution & Extinction of new taxa
Distribution changes
Range shifting
Evolution of new taxa
Extinction of taxa
Changes in distribution
Geology
Climate
Soils & Vegetation
Endemism
Provincialism
Disjunction
Interchange
Divergence & Convergence
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False
Due to mass extinction
Due to historical events and ecological processes
Originated and never disappeared
Entire range has shifted in locality
Now survive in small part of former range
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False
Made up of endemic forms that are randomly distributed
Most closely related species tend to have overlapping or adjacent ranges
Unrelated higher taxa show similar patterns of endemism
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False
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
Tectonics
Intervening Extinction
Dispersal
Sympatric Speciation
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False
True
False
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False
Better reproductive strategies
Better migrators
Better survivors and speciators
Better competitors
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False
All of these answers apply
Importance of fossils
Value of molecular characters (phylogenetics)
History of vicariance and dispersal
None of these answers apply
Documentation of extinction
Earliest appearance of a taxonomic lineage
Appearance of lineage traits
Reconstructing past environments, climates, and distributions
Phylogenetic accuracy
Hierarchical resolution
Phylogenetic accuracy
Phylogenetic comparability
Dating divergence events (molecular clocks)
Molecular diagnosis of taxa and distributions from fossils
Hierarchial resolution
Distribution and timing of taxonomic lineages
Reconstructing past environments, climates, and distributions
What part of a "biota" are actually sampled and why?
How do we specify a region of interest?
What time range does a biota cover?
Is climate irrelevant to any particular biota?
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False