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- Title
A Vicariance Approach to Historical Biogeography.
- Authors
Nelson, Gareth; Platnick, Norman I.
- Abstract
The article focuses on historical biogeography. In this discipline, study is conducted on organisms by biogeographers and systematists. Systematists study the distribution of characters among various species to discover the interrelation between them, their different groups, and their origins. Biogeographers study the distribution of species among various areas of the world to discover how the areas are interrelated, different groups of such regions, and their origins. It is mentioned that one of the earliest attempts to interpret the distribution of organisms was that of C. Linnaeus, who believed that the earth's landmass is growing in size. In 1820, French botanist A.P. Candolle made a list of 20 botanical regions containing plants unique to themselves.
- Subjects
BIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES; TAXONOMISTS; BIOLOGICAL classification; ORGANISMS; BOTANISTS; PLANT classification; BOTANY; BIOLOGISTS
- Publication
BioScience, 1980, Vol 30, Issue 5, p339
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1307856