thumb|300px|Distribution map of [[European beech (Fagus sylvatica) : historical range, current range, and occasional observations.]]
Chorology (from Greek , , "place, space"; and , -logia) can mean
- the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
- the study of the spatial distribution of organisms (biogeography).
Use
The Greek geographer, Strabo (64 or 63 BC – 24AD) wrote in his work Geographica that a geographer is "the person who attempts to describe the parts of the earth" (in Greek, chorographein).
In the twentieth century, German geographer Alfred Hettner used the term:
thumb|300px|Distribution map of [[Quercus ilex|Holly oak (Quercus ilex, natural and introduced range) and Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia, current range).]]
In the US, Richard Hartshorne worked on the notion again.
The term was popularized by Ferdinand von Richthofen.
See also
- Chorography
- Khôra