“Geographical Distribution of Animals”

Patterns of Geographical Distribution: Animals

The Geographical Distribution of Animals

EVERY one whose life has not been wholly spent within city walls must ha.ve observed that animal life varies greatly in the districts with which he is familiar. Different species are not found uniformly scattered over the surface of the country, but in different localities with similar features. Every country boy knows 'Postlethwaite Oaks' is the only place for miles round where he has a chance...

Geographical distribution of domestic animals: a historical perspective.

Our understanding of the history of animal domestication has been built on regular input from archaeozoology. This fast-expanding discipline uses increasingly sophisticated and specialised tools to enhance our knowledge of phenomena dating back, for the oldest species, to the Neolithic Revolution. This article takes three examples, those of the domestic dog, domestic goat and European rabbit, t...

Geographical Distribution of Hepatitis E Virus Genotypes from Animals in China

Hepatitis E virus is a pathogen spread through the intestine and belongs to the hepevirus of the hepeviridae. HEV can mainly spread through the dung—the mouth way in the crowd, at the same time can be spread by animals. Research shows that many kinds of animals can be used as a natural reservoir of HEV. Judging from the molecular level, HEV is a non-enveloped single-strand RNA virus. It not onl...

The geographical distribution of cancer.

STUDY of the geographical distribution of cancer has long been recognized to be one way of obtaining clues to its causation, and a great deal of work has been carried out to determine the incidence of different types of cancer in different parts of the world. Detailed incidence rates have been obtained for more than fifty populations, either by national or regional cancer registries or by speci...