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  title info:
    title: Ecosystem Geography
    sub title: From Ecoregions to Sites
  name:
    name part: Bailey, Robert G.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2009
    edition: 2.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIII, 251 p. 142 illus., 67 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The first edition of this book, Ecosystem Geography, examined the distribution of ecosystems at different scales, and the processes that have differentiated them. It presented the principles for ecosystems mapping and explored the connections between ecosystem geography, conservation, and management. Ecosystem Geography was written in 1996, at a time when few published materials on ecosystem geography were available, and none had systematically elaborated the principles underlying the mapping of ecosystems in a form accessible to advanced students and practitioners. This second edition, Ecosystem Geography: From Ecoregions to Sites, builds on the strengths of its predecessor, incorporating new information and clarifying concepts presented in the first edition. New sections address how ecoregion boundaries were determined, ecoregion redistribution under climate change, ecosystem processes (such as fire regimes), empirical versus genetic approaches to classification, and human modification to ecosystems, such as through the introduction of invasive species. From reviews of the first edition: "An important book, richly illustrated with clear diagrams, maps, and photos. A major contribution to ecosystem ecology and an essential acquisition." –Choice "The new ‘ecosystem management’ demands an understanding of ecosystems and the relationships between them. In short, it requires a sound geographical knowledge of ecosystems. Ecosystem Geography lays a firm foundation for such knowledge." –Progress in Physical Geography "The book is essential reading for ecologists and natural area managers interested in ecosystem management and understanding how their landscapes fit into the larger picture regionally, continentally, and globally." –Natural Areas Journal About the Author: Robert G. Bailey is a geographer with the United States Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, in Fort Collins, Colorado, and the former leader of the agency's Ecosystem Management Analysis Center…
  table of contents: Scale of Ecosystem Units -- The Question of Boundary Criteria -- Role of Climate in Ecosystem Differentiation -- Macroscale: Macroclimatic Differentiation (Ecoregions) -- Ecoclimatic Zones of the Earth -- Ecoregions of the United States -- Ecoregion Redistribution Under Climate Change -- Mesoscale: Landform Differentiation (Landscape Mosaics) -- Microscale: Edaphic-Topoclimatic Differentiation (Sites) -- Applications of Ecosystem Geography -- Summary and Conclusions.
  note: by Robert G. Bailey.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Regional planning
  subject:
    topic: Urban planning
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Geoecology
  subject:
    topic: Environmental geology
  subject:
    topic: Nature conservation
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Geography, general
  subject:
    topic: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
  subject:
    topic: Geoecology/Natural Processes
  subject:
    topic: Nature Conservation
  classification: QH540-549.5
  classification: 577
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      title: Springer eBooks
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