palaeodistribution

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

palaeo- +‎ distribution

Noun[edit]

palaeodistribution (plural palaeodistributions)

  1. Alternative form of paleodistribution
    • 2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science[1], volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789:
      Building on them, we first map the palaeodistribution of endemic species to identify temporally stable (refugial) and unstable (recently colonized) regions for species occurrence, which are then validated with multispecies molecular data.