Taxogeography

Japanese: taxogeography
Taxogeography

...Depending on which of these factors is emphasized, biogeography can be broadly divided into two. (1) Taxogeography: Almost the same as biodistribution. It deals mainly with the geographical distribution of organisms, and aims to clarify the geographical relationships of each geographical region by identifying the fauna and flora of each region, setting biogeographical divisions, i.e., zoogeographical and botanical regions, based on their types, and clarifying the geological relationships of each geographical region by using the phylogenetic affinities of the organisms contained within.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "taxogeography" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのいずれの要因に重きを置くかによって生物地理学は大きく二つに分けられる。(1)分類地理学taxogeography 生物分布学とほぼ同義。主として生物の地理的な分布を扱うもので,各地の動物相,植物相を明らかにし,そのタイプから生物地理区分すなわち動物地理区や植物区系を設定し,そこに含まれる生物の系統的類縁を手がかりに,各地理区分の地史的関係を明らかにすることを目的とする。…

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