Wallace Line concept in biogeography
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The Wallace Line concept in biogeography is a major faunal boundary in Southeast Asia that marks a sharp division between Asian and Australasian species distributions.
Aliases (1)
- Wallace Line ×46
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biogeographical boundary
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biogeographical concept → zoogeographical boundary → |
| appliesTo |
amphibians
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birds → reptiles → terrestrial mammals → |
| basedOn |
historical geology of continental shelves
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species distribution patterns → |
| characterizedBy |
contrast between placental and marsupial mammals
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contrast in bird species composition → sharp turnover in terrestrial vertebrate species → |
| crosses |
Lombok Strait
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Makassar Strait → Ombai Strait → Weber Deep → |
| demonstrates |
role of geographic barriers in evolution
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| field |
biogeography
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zoogeography → |
| hasStatus |
classical example in biogeography
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| hasType |
faunal boundary
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| influencedBy |
Pleistocene sea level changes
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depth of surrounding seas → separation of Asian and Australian continental shelves → |
| locatedIn |
Southeast Asia
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| marksBoundaryBetween |
Australasian biogeographic realm
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Oriental biogeographic realm → |
| namedAfter |
Alfred Russel Wallace
NERFINISHED
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| notExactPoliticalBoundary |
true
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| passesBetween |
Bali and Lombok
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Borneo and Sulawesi → Philippines and Sulawesi → |
| passesThrough |
Indonesia
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| proposalDate |
19th century
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| proposedBy |
Alfred Russel Wallace
NERFINISHED
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| reflects |
long-term isolation of biotas
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| regionEastOf |
Wallacea
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| regionWestOf |
Sundaland
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| relatedConcept |
Lydekker Line
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Wallacea → Weber Line → |
| separates |
Asian fauna
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Australasian fauna → |
| usedIn |
biogeographical regionalization
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conservation biogeography → studies of speciation → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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knownFor |