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Meaning of "vicariance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VICARIANCE

vicariance  [vɪˈkeərɪəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VICARIANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vicariance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VICARIANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vicariance

Vicariance is a process by which the geographical range of an individual taxon, or a whole biota, is split into discontinuous parts by the formation of a physical or biotic barrier to gene flow or dispersal.

Definition of vicariance in the English dictionary

The definition of vicariance in the dictionary is the geographical separation of a group of any of several closely related species, races, etc, assumed to have originated from a single population that became dispersed by geological events.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VICARIANCE


alliance
əˈlaɪəns
appliance
əˈplaɪəns
audience
ˈɔːdɪəns
compliance
kəmˈplaɪəns
convenience
kənˈviːnɪəns
covariance
kəʊˈvɛərɪəns
esurience
ɪˈsjʊərɪəns
experience
ɪkˈspɪərɪəns
inexperience
ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərɪəns
invariance
ɪnˈveərɪəns
luxuriance
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəns
miscreance
ˈmɪskrɪəns
miscreaunce
ˈmɪskrɪəns
postexperience
ˌpəʊstɪkˈspɪərɪəns
prurience
ˈprʊərɪəns
recreance
ˈrɛkrɪəns
reliance
rɪˈlaɪəns
science
ˈsaɪəns
tarriance
ˈtærɪəns
variance
ˈvɛərɪəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VICARIANCE

vicar
vicar apostolic
vicar choral
vicar forane
vicar general
Vicar of Bray
Vicar of Christ
vicarage
vicaress
vicarial
vicariant
vicariate
vicarious
vicariously
vicariousness
vicarly
vicars forane
vicars general
vicarship
vicary

WORDS THAT END LIKE VICARIANCE

advance
affiance
allegiance
analysis of variance
at variance
brilliance
Canadian Alliance
defiance
deviance
domestic appliance
insouciance
irradiance
kitchen appliance
noncompliance
Pledge of Allegiance
radiance
self-reliance
the Alliance
Triple Alliance
valiance
War of the Grand Alliance

Synonyms and antonyms of vicariance in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «vicariance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VICARIANCE

Find out the translation of vicariance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

地理隔离
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vicariancia
570 millions of speakers

English

vicariance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

vicariance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

vicariance
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

vicariance
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vicariância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

vicariance
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vicariance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengiktirafan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vikarianz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分断分布
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

vicariance
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vicariance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vicariance
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

vicariance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हिकरिअन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vikaryantlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vicarianza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

vicariance
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

vicariance
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vicariance
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

vicariance
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vicariance
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vicariance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vicariance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vicariance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VICARIANCE»

The term «vicariance» is normally little used and occupies the 127.172 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VICARIANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vicariance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VICARIANCE»

Discover the use of vicariance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vicariance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
As may be seen above, the difference between vicariance and disjunction is one of degree only. Thus the genus Cedrus is a disjunct taxon, occurring in four separate areas: Atlas mountains of Morocco and Algeria; Cyprus; Lebanon, Syria and ...
Clive A. Stace, 1991
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Biogeography in a Changing World
Thus, the most important conclusion from Sanmartin & Ronquist's (2004) analysis is that dispersal can generate congruent biogeographic patterns among multiple organisms in the same way as vicariance, if consistent in direction, source, and ...
Malte C. Ebach, Raymond S. Tangney, 2006
3
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Rosen 1981; Humphries & Parent! 1986). In the minds of many of its participants and critics, vicariance biogeography was panbiogeography with the addition of cladistic theory and Popperian philosophy (Nelson & Platnick 1981; Craw 1982a;  ...
4
The Biology of Marine Fungi
systematics (cladistics) to produce a new "vicariance biogeography" sensu Platnick & Nelson (1978), Cracraft (1980), and Nelson & Platnick (1981). Croizat made it clear in 1982 that he was opposed to such interpretations of his work and  ...
Stephen Thomas Moss, 1986
5
Paleobiogeography
Chapter. 6. Vicariance,. Dispersal,. and. Plate. Tectonics. 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Dispersion and Dispersal 6.3. Traditional Dispersal 6.4. Defining a Different Type of Dispersal: Geodispersal 6.5. Historical Framework on the Concept of ...
Bruce S. Lieberman, 2000
6
Patterns in Freshwater Fish Ecology
cate the likelihood of a general vicariance event that divided a variety of groups such that sister species evolved by allopatric speciation after the vicariance.] 4. Seek evidence for a nonbiological (geological) event that is logically likely to ...
William J. Matthews, 1998
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
Vicariance Scenario Dispersal Scenario A A Figure 5.7 Vicariance and dispersal. Species A, B, and Cevolve in areas I, II, and III. In the vicariance model, the ancestral species (ABC) is widespread and the areas are contiguous at time 1.
‎2007
8
Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Character Evolution, and Biogeography ...
... river Vicariance Unare Depression Sympatric ? Vicariance Táchira Depression Vicariance Turbio-Yaracuy Depression fragile/orocostale Vicariance Tuy, Valencia, Caracas Valleys Vicariance Unare Depression TABLE 4.2. Continued.
Juan M. Guayasamin, 2007
9
Evolutionary Biogeography: An Integrative Approach with Case ...
Vicariance is the appearance of a barrier that allows fragmentation of the distribution of an ancestral species, after which the descendant species may evolve in isolation. The appearance of the barrier causes the disjunction, so both species ...
Juan J. Morrone, 2013
10
Comparative Biogeography: Discovering and Classifying ...
Dispersal and Vicariance Analysis (DIVA), devised by Fred Ronquist (1997, 1998 ), is a modification of AAA in which the events or mechanisms of extinction, dispersal, vicariance, and sympatry (lineage duplication) are associated with a cost.
Lynne R. Parenti, Malte C. Ebach, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VICARIANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vicariance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vicariance and marine migration in continental island populations of …
We examined one such case on continental islands in southeastern Brazil, to determine how classic island biogeography predictions and past vicariance ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
2
Turn back the molecular clock, say Argentina's plant fossils
"These land masses were once joined in Gondwana, and one famous school of thought, known as vicariance biogeography, holds that the modern distributions ... «Science News, Dec 14»
3
Charles Darwin's Controversial 'Jump Dispersal' Theory May be True
The new research compares jump dispersal and vicariance, which is the idea that land bridges served as connecting points when islands were contiguous. «Science World Report, Oct 14»
4
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mostly Madagascar!)
Others were likely present on the Madagascan continent at the moment of its split from Africa and, later, India, and have speciated since via vicariance, or the ... «NatGeo News Watch, Aug 14»
5
How Amphibians Crossed Continents: New Evidence that Frogs …
Scientists have long believed that the distribution of extant lineages of amphibians has been driven by two major processes: vicariance and dispersal. «Science World Report, Aug 14»
6
How Amphibians Crossed Continents
Vicariance occurs when a population is separated following a large-scale geophysical event - for example, the splitting of the ancient supercontinent Pangaea. «Nature World News, Aug 14»
7
How amphibians crossed continents: A scientist tells the tale
Over the years, biologists have hypothesized the distribution of living lineages of amphibians has been driven by vicariance and dispersal — two key processes, ... «DigitalJournal.com, Jul 14»
8
Nick Matzke: Reconstructing Species Migrations Across Time
Second, historical biogeography is an old field going back to the 1800s, with many longstanding debates, such as “dispersal versus vicariance.” Vicariance ... «LiveScience.com, May 14»
9
Monkey business
“The goal of this book is to tell the story of this recent sea change in biogeography, from a view dominated by vicariance to a more balanced outlook recognizing ... «Real Change News, Mar 14»
10
Controversies from the world of ratite and tinamou evolution (part I)
If ratites owe their distribution to vicariance and/or the use of overland routes, there must already have been rhea ancestors on South America, and elephant bird ... «Scientific American, Mar 14»

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