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Unit 2 Vocab BioGeo

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A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

Adaptive Radiation

An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species

Allochthonous Endemism

From one place, but the moved to another place because the first place was lost/became inhabitable

Ancestral Biotas

Species that are from here

Autochthonous Endemism

Native to the place it is found

something that blocks the way

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Center of Origin

location where a species or other taxon first evolved.

joining of parts

Cosmopolitan Species

A species with a broad distribution

related but separate geographically

the movement of organisms from one place to another

The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.

Diversification

making something more diverse and therefore increasing genetic variation

Endemic Species

species that are native to and found only within a limited area