noun
disjunct distribution
Technical term in biogeography and ecology for a distribution pattern where populations of the same species or related taxa are geographically separated by a barrier or distance.
この植物の隔離分布は、かつて大陸がつながっていた証拠とされる。
The disjunct distribution of this plant is considered evidence that the continents were once connected.
General term for distribution; 隔離分布 specifically refers to geographically separated distribution.
Compound of 隔離 (isolation, separation) and 分布 (distribution).