Ecoregions The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents /

• Main Author: Bailey, Robert G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Geography, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Nature Conservation.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.