@prefix qx8: . @prefix skos: . qx8: a skos:ConceptScheme . qx8:-ZG9MV8V3-V skos:definition "Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. Knowledge of spatial variation in the numbers and types of organisms is as vital to us today as it was to our early human ancestors, as we adapt to heterogeneous but geographically predictable environments. Biogeography is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and information from ecology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy, geology, physical geography, palaeontology, and climatology. For ecologists, one of the most intriguing questions under consideration is why certain species occur in particular geographical areas. For palaeoecologists, in addition to the question regarding modern species distributions, there are also highly interesting questions regarding species occurrence in geological time. A basic premise in biogeography is that climate contributes significantly to species distributions in space and time (Parmesan, 1996). By linking past and present species distribution patterns to climate change, these questions act as a starting point for investigations of how species will respond to global climate change, what their future distributions will be, and how biodiversity will be affected (Hughes, 2000; Walther et al., 2002). (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography and L. Nevalainen et al. (2013), Journal of Biogeography, 40, 1548–1559.)"@en, "La biogéographie est une branche à la croisée des sciences dites naturelles, de la géographie physique, de la pédologie, de l'écologie, de la bioclimatologie et de la biologie de l'évolution, qui étudie la vie à la surface du globe par des analyses descriptives et explicatives de la répartition des êtres vivants, et plus particulièrement des communautés d'êtres vivants. En effet, les êtres vivants s'organisent pour donner des paysages différents que l'on appelle « formations » (dénommées le plus souvent selon leurs profils ou les formations végétales les composant). Ce sont les formations végétales qui marquent le plus un paysage, le vivant végétal (appartenant à la biosphère), qui a des interactions avec l'atmosphère, l'hydrosphère et la lithosphère (le substrat), le tout évoluant dans le temps. (Adapté de : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biog%C3%A9ographie)"@fr ; skos:related qx8:-3VL8P5S1-B ; skos:exactMatch , ; a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "biogeography"@en, "biogéographie"@fr ; skos:inScheme qx8: ; skos:broader qx8:-FQHB46KW-5 . qx8:-3VL8P5S1-B skos:prefLabel "geographical isolation"@en, "isolement géographique"@fr ; a skos:Concept ; skos:related qx8:-ZG9MV8V3-V . qx8:-FQHB46KW-5 skos:prefLabel "scientific discipline"@en, "discipline scientifique"@fr ; a skos:Concept ; skos:narrower qx8:-ZG9MV8V3-V .