BioConcepts

topodemeTopodem (ger.)

• A population occupying a specified geographical range. (Merriam Webster 2011)
  category population

  1939

  Topodeme: a deme occupying any specified geographical area.

  Gilmour, J.S.L. & Gregor, J.W. (1939). Demes: a suggested new terminology. Nature 144, 333.

  1954

  topodeme: a deme occurring in a specified geographical area.

  Gilmour, J.S.L. & Heslop-Harrison, J. (1954). The deme terminology and the units of micro-evolutionary change. Genetica 27, 147-161: 152.

  1982

  topodeme A local interbreeding population occurring in a particular geographical area.

  Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 248.