VICARIANCE


Meaning of VICARIANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ē-ən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 1957

: fragmentation of the environment (as by splitting of a tectonic plate) in contrast to dispersal as a factor in promoting biological evolution by division of large populations into isolated subpopulations — called also vicariance biogeography

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