chorology
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- noun
- /kəˈrɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- The study of chorology helps scientists understand how different species are distributed across various regions.
Examples
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In addition, information was collected on habitus, substrate characteristics (pH of soil, type of soil, and geological substrate), type of habitat, community species, and geographical range (sites of presence, chorology).
Blog text (27) -
Geography may have a bigger stake than most disciplines in defending chorology, but geographers are not alone in their regional interests.
Academic text (1996) -
From the days of Ptolemy and before, chorology had been but a subset of geography, the crowning achievement of which was the explication of the global totality.
Academic text (2000) -
Research in chorology reveals important patterns in how organisms relate to their environments.
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Scientists in chorology analyze the geographic distribution of plants and animals in different ecosystems.
Synonyms
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The study of where plants and animals live and why
Surface Forms
Morphology
chorology = choro + logy
The word is built from learned Greek combining forms, but for an average learner the specialized meaning 'study of geographic distribution' is not directly recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
The word chorology comes from the Greek root chōra meaning 'place' and the ending -logy meaning 'study', like in geography. So chorology is the study of places and how plants, animals, or other features are spread across regions.