Biological globalization

Biological globalization has been defined as "the spread of plants domesticated in one area to favorable environments around the world".[1] Columbian Exchange is a classic example of biological globalization.[1] A growing and changing human population plays an important part on what plants are moved to new locations and which are left untouched.[2] Early signs of biological globalization can be traced back to the mid 1860s.[3] Wheat is an example of biological globalization that appeared early in the developmental timeline.[3] Global trading was the beginning of biological globalization which integrated plants to new environments.[2] The black francolin is another example as it was originally from the Mediterranean but is now a common eastern gamebird.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History: Human capital - Mongolia. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. 2003. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-19-510507-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Forcina, Giovanni; Guerrini, Monica; van Grouw, Hein; Gupta, Brij K.; Panayides, Panicos; Hadjigerou, Pantelis; Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.; Awan, Muhammad N.; Khan, Aleem A.; Zeder, Melinda A.; Barbanera, Filippo (17 March 2015). "Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. pp. 3296–3301. doi:10.1073/pnas.1500677112. PMC 4371972. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. 1 2 Olmstead, Alan L.; Rhode, Paul W. (1 May 2006). "Biological Globalization: The Other Grain Invasion". SSRN 932056. Missing or empty |url= (help)


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