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Chorology

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chorology [kə′räl·ə·jē]
(ecology)
The study of how organisms are distributed geographically.

Chorology 

the branch of biology that studies various biological phenomena in a spatial perspective. Phytochorology, or plant chorology, is the branch of plant geography concerned with the geographic distribution of species and other taxa of the plant kingdom; zoochorology deals with the distribution of animal taxa. Usually individual species or genera are studied.



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00 Hardcover QK375 This volume collects botanical data on the taxonomy and chorology of species of the largest families of Compositae or Asteraceae (the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) of the Holarctic ecozone, which comprise 92 genera and 558 species found in Siberia, including a number being described for the first time.
00 Hardcover QK375 Nearing completion of the 14-volume set, Polozhij and Peschkova present information on the taxonomic composition, chorology, and ecology of the species in 13 families of plants naturally found in Siberia.
00 Hardcover QK375 This tenth volume in the series lists the morphology, ecology, and chorology of feral species and subspecies of 31 families of flowering plants in Siberia, from the family Geraniaceae to the family Cornaceae, arranged according to the Engler system.
 
 
 
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