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Diversity of life : [world]

Title: Diversity of life : [world] / produced by National Geographic Maps for National Geographic Magazine ; Allen Carroll, Director of Cartography.
Author: National Geographic Maps (Firm)
Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1999.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 99-183	Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117

Additional Authors

Carroll, Allen.

Description

1 map : col.; 46 x 74 cm.

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Relief shown by shading.
Shows natural vegetation areas representing biomes, with ill. examples of plant and animal types for different regions.
"Supplement to National Geographic, February 1999."
Designed to be folded to 13 x 20 cm.
Ancillary maps: Plant productivity, July through September -- Plant productivity, January through March.
Includes text, notes on specific regions, and col. ill.
Text, graphs of "Rapid extinctions, slow recoveries" and "Diversity of life", notes, and col. ill. on verso.
Maps on verso: Global forest distribution [with graphs of human land disturbance] -- Projected status of biodiversity, 1998-2018 -- Global 200 ecoregions -- Habitat fragmentation: hooded warbler migration route.

Call Number

Map Div. 99-183

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Author

National Geographic Maps (Firm)

Title

Diversity of life : [world] / produced by National Geographic Maps for National Geographic Magazine ; Allen Carroll, Director of Cartography.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1999.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:54,109,440. 1 in. = 854 miles at the equator ; Winkel Tripel proj., central meridian 0⁰ (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 90⁰--S 90⁰).

Added Author

Carroll, Allen.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 99-183 [Filed with World 1999]