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Ecoregions The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents /
The first edition of this book (1998) classified and characterized the regional-scale ecosystem units (ecoregions) of the Earth as shown on a map that Bailey developed with the encouragement of several international organizations. In addition to the descriptive account, his primary goal was to sugge...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. 2014. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction 2. Oceanic Types and Their Controls
- 3. The Ecoregions of the Oceans
- 4. Continental Types and Their Controls
- 5. Ecoregions of the Continents: The Polar Ecoregions
- 6. The Humid Temperate Ecoregions
- 7. The Dry Ecoregions
- 8. The Humid Tropical Ecoregions
- 9. The Mountain Ecoregions
- 10. Ecoregion Redistribution under Climate Change
- 11. Continental Patterns and Boundaries
- 12. Application of Ecoregional Patterns
- 13. Fire Regimes at the Ecoregion Scale
- 14. Summary and Conclusions
- Appendix A: Air Masses and Frontal Zones
- Appendix B: Common and Scientific Names
- Appendix C. Conversion Factors
- Appendix D. Comparison of Ecoregion and Related Approaches.