Biology / Unit 14 Bio 3483 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Biogeography and Abiotic Distribution Factors
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The idea
Biogeography studies how abiotic factors — temperature, water, light, and soil nutrients — shape where species are geographically distributed.
In practice
Traveling from the equator toward the poles crosses tropical forest, desert, grassland, and tundra in a sequence abiotic gradients predict.
Where people slip
A species' range reflects abiotic tolerance and biotic interaction together — neither factor alone fully explains a distribution.
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