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Europe

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No clear geographic distinction of Europe. Generally divided from Asia along the Ural Mountains, Caspian Sea and Black Sea

Driven by climate

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Biogeography

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The study of past and present geographical distributions of plants and animals and other organisms

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Historical biogeography

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The study of past distributions and the evolution of life

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Ecological biogeography

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The study of modern relationships between organisms and the environment

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Conservation biogeography

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The application of biogeographical principles to problems concerning the conservation of biodiversity

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Brief history of biogeography

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carolus Linnaeus = first person to start grouping animals and plants (taxonomy)

Expeditions in the 18th century brought new insights in the distribution of species

Paradigm shifts in biogeography with evolution

Altered due to plate tectonics = made sense of distribution of animals

Adolf engler = created first world map of botanic realms => highlighting dominant plant families in certain regions of the world. The realms discovered are still largely used today

Alfred Russel Wallace = posted first map of world terrestrial and zoogaphic regions based on taxonomic distribution of vertebrates = still used today

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Convergent evolution

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Organisms independently evolve similar traits (in similar environments)

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History of ecological biogeography

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Early observation that plant communities change with climate and geology

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Epiphytes

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Grow on or attached to other living plants

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Therophytes

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Are annual plants that survive as seeds

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Raunkiaer

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Classification of life forms for depemial plants. Based on location of buds during cold or dry conditions