Definition: A field of study concerned with the principles and processes governing the geographic distributions of genealogical lineages, especially those within and among closely related species. (Avise, J.C., Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species. Harvard University Press, 2000)
IM for the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM as a coordinate for phylogeographic studies of populations
See AlsoPaleontology; Phylogeny
Other names Biogeography, Phylogenetic; Phylogenetic Biogeography