Disambiguation evidence for Wallace Line concept in biogeography via surface form

"Wallace Line"


As subject (46)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Wallace Line".

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