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|a Bailey, Robert G.
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|a Ecosystem Geography
|h Elektronische Ressource
|c by Robert G. Bailey
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|a 1st ed. 1996
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|a New York, NY
|b Springer New York
|c 1996, 1996
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|a 65 illus., 1 illus. in color
|b online resource
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|a 11 Summary and Conclusions -- Mapping criteria -- Management hierarchies and ecosystem hierarchies -- Human dimensions -- Appendix Ecoregions of the Oceans -- Polar Domain -- Temperate Domain -- Tropical Domain -- Further Reading -- About the Author
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|a Elevation -- Macroclimatic differentiation in review -- 6 Ecoclimatic Zones of the Earth -- Criteria used in delineating ecoregion levels -- The domains -- The provinces -- Ecoregion maps -- Local contrasts within zones -- 7 Ecoregions of the United States -- 100 Polar domain -- 200 Humid temperate domain -- 300 Dry domain -- 400 Humid tropical domain -- Mountains with altitudinal zonation -- American ecoregions in review -- 8 Mesoscale: Landform Differentiation -- Principal landform classes -- Geologic substratum -- Levels of landform differentiation -- Landforms in review -- 9 Microscale: Edaphic-Topoclimatic Differentiation -- Slope-aspect and ground conditions -- Geologic differentiation -- Soil-moisture ecoclimatic grid -- Human influences on ecosystems and present-day systems -- 10 Applications of Ecosystem Geography -- Determining the mapping units.-Relationships -- Examples of useful correlations and applications -- Significance to ecosystem management -- Conclusion --
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|a 1 Introduction -- The problems -- Where are we headed? -- The ecosystem approach -- Classification of land as ecosystems -- Ecosystem-based planning -- Predicting effects -- Levels of integration -- Structure: the basis of classification -- Need for recognizing ecosystems at various scales -- Ecosystem geography -- Do we know enough? -- Need to delineate ecosystem boundaries -- 2 Scale of Ecosystem Units -- Site -- Landscape mosaic -- Ecoregion -- National hierarchy of ecological units -- 3 The Question of Boundary Criteria -- Gestalt method -- Map-overlay method -- Multivariate clustering method -- Digital-image processing method -- Controlling factors method -- Analysis of controlling factors -- 4 Role of Climate in Ecosystem Differentiation -- Hydrologic cycle -- Landforms and erosion cycles -- Life cycles -- Fire regimes -- Plant productivity -- Controls over the climatic effect and scale -- 5 Macroscale: Macroclimatic Differentiation -- Latitude -- Continental position --
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|a Ecology
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|a Ecology
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|a Springer Book Archives -2004
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|a 10.1007/978-1-4612-2358-0
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|u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2358-0?nosfx=y
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|a 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 of ecosystems
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