Biogeography
The study of the geographic distribution of species and ecosystems across space and through time. Explains why marsupials dominate Australia (isolation after Gondwana breakup), why Madagascar has lemurs (island isolation), and why Wallace's Line marks a sharp boundary between Asian and Australasian fauna.
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