The pitfalls of astrobiogeography |
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| Authors: | Malte C Ebach Anthony C Gill David M Williams |
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| Institution: | 1. International Institute for Species Exploration and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ, 85287-4501, USA
2. Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
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| Abstract: | Biogeography, the study of organismal distribution, adheres to the same basic reasoning no matter where organisms are distributed. Wickramasinghe and Wickramasinghe (Astrophys. Space Sci. doi:10.1007/s10509-008-9851-2), however, are possibly the first to propose a mechanism of distribution for extraterrestrial organisms, thus venturing into the uncharted realm of astrobiogeography. The same logic used in the study of distributions on Earth applies to those of extraterrestrial microbes. Herein we attempt to introduce some pitfalls common in biogeography for those venturing into the new study of astrobiogeography. |
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