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The 89 pages that link to Biogeography, each with the reason it gives.

• Plate tectonicsRelated: Moving continents explained the matching fossils and disjoint distributions Wegener cited.

• Island biogeographyNarrower topic: Island biogeography is a focused application of this broader field.

• Rain shadowNarrower topic: Rain-shadow moisture gradients help determine which plants and habitats occur on each side of a range.

• EndemismNarrower topic: This field explains the distributions whose geographic limits define endemism.

• Natural historyRelated: Records of where organisms occur provide evidence for distribution patterns.

• PaleoecologyRelated: Fossil distributions show how ranges shifted with climate and environmental change.

• PaleobiologyRelated: Fossil locations track how lineages and ecosystems shifted across continents.

• Alexander von HumboldtRelated: Humboldt’s comparisons of plants across regions helped establish this field.

• EcologyRelated: It explains why ecological patterns differ among places.

• PaleobiogeographyNarrower topic: Paleobiogeography applies biogeographic questions to organisms from Earth's past.

• Biodiversity hotspotNarrower topic: Biogeographic boundaries help define regions used in hotspot assessments.

• Alfred Russel WallaceNarrower topic: Wallace’s comparative mapping of island faunas helped establish this field as a discipline.

• Köppen climate classificationRelated: Climate classes help describe broad environmental conditions associated with regional vegetation.

• Landscape ecologyRelated: Biogeography shares a spatial focus but commonly emphasizes distributions across broader regions and history.

• Common descentRelated: Species distributions can preserve clues about the locations and movements of ancestral lineages.

• Ernst HaeckelRelated: Haeckel’s observations of marine life and species distributions informed his evolutionary thinking.

• Western GhatsNarrower topic: The Ghats’ isolation and varied elevations help explain where endemic species occur.

• Neotropical realmNarrower topic: It provides the framework for defining the Neotropical realm.

• Species distributionNarrower topic: Species distribution is a central pattern examined by this broader field.

• Physical geographyRelated: It traces how organisms and ecological communities vary across places.

• Altitudinal zonationNarrower topic: Altitudinal zonation is a spatial pattern in the distribution of mountain life.

• Endemic speciesNarrower topic: It supplies the geographic framework for describing and explaining endemism.

• WallaceaNarrower topic: Wallacea is defined through patterns of species distribution.

• CryptozoologyRelated: A creature’s proposed range can be checked against habitat and known species distributions.

• Island ecologyNarrower topic: Island ecology is a focused application of biogeographic reasoning.

• DesertNarrower topic: Deserts are biomes whose distributions reflect climate and ecological history.

• LemurNarrower topic: Lemur distribution is a notable case of geographic isolation shaping biodiversity.

• BiomeNarrower topic: Biogeography explains how climate, history, and dispersal shape biome distributions.

• Cave ecologyRelated: Cave species' isolated distributions raise questions about dispersal and historical connections.

• CladeRelated: Clade relationships can reveal dispersal, isolation, and the history of regions.

• Bayesian phylogeneticsRelated: Bayesian phylogenetic models can estimate ancestral ranges and historical dispersal from dated trees.

• PhylogeographyRelated: Phylogeography adds genetic ancestry to biogeographic accounts of distributions.

• PoikilothermyRelated: Temperature dependence helps shape where poikilothermic species can persist.

• Thermal ecologyRelated: Temperature helps set the geographic limits and patterns of species distributions.

• Regional geographyRelated: Species and ecosystem distributions supply evidence about regional environments.

• ZoologyRelated: Animal distributions help explain dispersal, isolation, and environmental adaptation.

• Alpine ecologyNarrower topic: It provides a broader framework for explaining where alpine species occur across mountains.

• House sparrowNarrower topic: Its native and introduced ranges illustrate species distribution shaped by people.

• Antarctic ConvergenceNarrower topic: The convergence is a prominent marine boundary associated with changes in species ranges.

• Bird-of-paradiseRelated: Island distributions help explain the family’s diversification and range.

• Earth scienceRelated: It connects Earth’s environments and history with where life occurs.

• Environmental microbiologyRelated: It frames questions about how microbial communities vary among places and environments.

• Native speciesNarrower topic: It provides the framework for describing species ranges and their histories.

• Plant ecologyNarrower topic: Plant ecology helps explain where plant species and communities occur.

• Scientific expeditionRelated: Expedition observations across regions provide evidence for patterns of species distribution.

• VegetationRelated: Biogeographic patterns help explain where different vegetation occurs.

• JuncaceaeRelated: Rushes occur on every continent, with species distributions shaped by habitat and evolutionary history.

• PhytogeographyNarrower topic: Phytogeography is the plant-focused branch of this broader study.

• VaranidaeRelated: The family's spread across Africa, Asia, and Australia raises questions about dispersal and isolation.

• AmphisbaeniaRelated: Their varied distribution across the Americas, Africa, and parts of Europe raises questions about dispersal and history.