F.R.FOSBERG

ABSTRACT. Geography is distinguished from other earth sciences as the discernment and delineation of landscape patterns,interpreting the structures and processes that give rise to them, and developing an understanding of their significance in biological and human terms. Ecology is the study of ecosystems, especially local ones, as contrasted with regional, continental, or global ecosystems, which are better treated as part of geography. Biogeography is a subscience of geography comprising the components of geography that are principally concerned with biological organisms.

KEY WORDS: Agriculture, Biogeography, Botany, Chorology, Earth sciences, Ecolocgy, Environmental influences, Fauna, Fisheries, Flora, Forestry, Physiology. (F.R. Fosberg, 1976)