Research Catalog

Title

• Ecosystem geography : from ecoregions to sites / Robert G. Bailey ; with a foreword by Jack Ward Thomas ; illustrations by Lev Ropes and Nancy Maysmith.

Author

Bailey, Robert G., 1939-

Publication

New York : Springer, c2009.

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Description

xiii, 251 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 25 cm. +

Summary

This second edition 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".--[book cover].

Subject

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

Note

• Maps in pocket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Scale of ecosystem units -- The question of boundary criteria -- Role of climate in ecosystem differentiation -- Macroscale : macroclimate differentiation (ecoregions) -- Ecoclimatic zones of the earth -- Ecoregions of the United States -- Ecoregion redistribution under climate change -- Mesoscale : landform differentiation (landscape mosaics) -- Microscale : edophic-topoclimatic differentiation (sites) -- Applications of ecosystem geography -- Summary and conclusions -- Ecoregions of the oceans -- Glossary.

ISBN

• 9780387895154 (hardcover)
• 0387895159 (hardcover)
• 9781441903914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1441903917 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780387895161 (ebk.)
• 0387895167 (ebk.)

OCLC

310401175

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library