"Animal Distribution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A process by which animals in various forms and stages of development are physically distributed through time and space.
| Descriptor ID |
D063147
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113.069 G16.049
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| Concept/Terms |
Animal Distribution- Animal Distribution
- Animal Distributions
- Distribution, Animal
- Distributions, Animal
- Animal Dispersal
- Animal Dispersals
- Dispersal, Animal
- Dispersals, Animal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Animal Distribution" by people in Profiles.
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A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata). Zootaxa. 2026 05 25; 5814(4):533-549.
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Clarifying space use concepts in ecology: Range vs. occurrence distributions. Ecology. 2026 Mar; 107(3):e70300.
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Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988) (Serpentes: Pseudoxyrhophiidae) and its taxonomic relationship with respect to Compsophis (Günther, 1882). Zootaxa. 2025 Dec 16; 5729(3):469-476.
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Estimating species occupancy across multiple sampling seasons with autologistic occupancy models via the autoOcc R package. J Anim Ecol. 2025 Dec; 94(12):2376-2389.
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Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa. 2025 Sep 08; 5691(1):1-44.
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Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2002-2013.
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Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa. 2025 Jun 12; 5647(1):1-26.
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Influence of landscape composition on spatiotemporal interactions between sympatric canids. Ecol Appl. 2025 Apr; 35(3):e70047.
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Three new species of wood-boring bivalves (Mollusca: Xylophagaidae) from the deep Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa. 2024 Aug 12; 5493(3):275-290.
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Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of the genus Typhlomys (Rodentia: Platacanthomyidae). Zool Res. 2021 Jan 18; 42(1):100-107.