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Biogeography (Earth sciences 🌍)

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. Phytogeography is the branch of biogeography that stu...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography

#Biogeography #Habitat #EarthSciences #LandscapeEcology #PhysicalGeography #PhysicalOceanography

#Drought effects on decomposition are mitigated by an increasingly complex decomposer community. The more species of decomposer organisms there are, the less the essential process of recycling nutrients is affected by the lack of water.

#Study, 2024, https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313334121 @agriculture @permaculture

#wildfires #conservation #landscaping #bioGeography #wildLife #forestry #forests #leaves #bacteria #fungus #decomposers #recycling #agroforestry #research #agriculture