The study of the distributions of organisms, past and present, is referred to as

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The term biogeography specifically refers to the study of the distributions of organisms across space and time. Community ecology focuses on the interactions between different species in a given area, ecosystem ecology looks at the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem, and population ecology focuses on the dynamics of individual species populations.

The Study of the Distributions of Organisms, Past and Present