Continental Drift Influences Biogeography 1. Explain what BIOGEOGRAPHY is.
2. Explain how DRIFT influences BIOGEOGRAPHY.
3. Explain how EVOLUTION and ADAPTATION affect BIOGEOGRAPHY. Why do different species occur in the places they do? Biogeography is the study of why animal species (and also plants) live in different regions on Earth. This includes both organisms alive today as well as those that have become extinct. Any particular animal species is found where it is because that species either evolved and originated there or came there from some other place. The two divisions of biogeography reflect these two ways that animals come to occupy an area.
