vicariance是什么意思

n.(同类动、 植物因地壳变动产生的山脉和海洋等阻隔所造成的)地理分隔

1. The vicariance event caused the isolation of the bird population and eventually resulted in the formation of two separate species.
2. Vicariance plays a significant role in the process of biodiversity evolution.

a mode of speciation in which the geographic barrier leads to the separation of a population into two or more distinct species