A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS
690041 Vladivostok, ul. Palchevskogo, 17
e-mail: kafanov@mail.primorye.ru
General biogeography is an interdisciplinary science, which combines geographic and biological aspects constituting two distinct research fields: biological geography and geographic biology. These fields differ in the nature of their objects of study, employ different methods and represent Earth sciences and biological sciences, respectively. It is suggested therefore that the classification codes for research fields and the state professional education standard should be revised.
