Ecosystem Geography
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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