Research Catalog

Title

Ecosystem geography / Robert G. Bailey ; with a foreword by Jack Ward Thomas ; illustrations by Lev Ropes.

Author

Bailey, Robert G., 1939-

Publication

New York : Springer, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xii, 204 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm

Summary

• The analysis and management of ecosystems rely increasingly on sound geographical knowledge. Ecosystem Geography is a landmark contribution which brings the geographer's tools - maps, scales, boundaries, and units - to the study of ecosystems. The author, a senior geographer and program manager with the U.S. Forest Service, has distilled more than two decades of research on ecosystem mapping and classification.
• His work has had a growing influence on how government and academic scientists are using ecological data to monitor biodiversity, manage land holdings and interpret the results of climatic change. Ecosystem Geography features spectacular graphics, including diagrams, photographs, and abundant maps. It will be welcomed by ecologists, geographers, land and resource specialists, and anyone involved in the study or management of landscapes and ecosystems.

Subjects

• Ecosystem management
• Natural resources surveys
• Biotic communities > Classification

Note

• Includes two folded color plates in pocket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-188) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Scale of Ecosystem Units -- Ch. 3. The Question of Boundary Criteria -- Ch. 4. Role of Climate in Ecosystem Differentiation -- Ch. 5. Macroscale: Macroclimatic Differentiation -- Ch. 6. Ecoclimatic Zones of the Earth -- Ch. 7. Ecoregions of the United States -- Ch. 8. Mesoscale: Landform Differentiation -- Ch. 9. Microscale: Edaphic-Topoclimatic Differentiation -- Ch. 10. Applications of Ecosystem Geography -- Ch. 11. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix Ecoregions of the Oceans.

ISBN

• 0387943544 (New York : hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0387945865 (New York : softcover : alk. paper)
• 3540943544 (Berlin : hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

95034178

OCLC

• 32855804
• ocm32855804

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries