Biomes of the Southern Hemisphere
This is the first comprehensive and critical evaluation of the biome (large-scale, functional biotic communities) patterns in the Southern Hemisphere. Revising the Heinrich Walter's zonobiome system for the Southern Hemisphere appeared as necessary because of the bioclimatic imbalance between t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Biome Ecology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
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- Introduction
- 2. Southern tropical and subtropical rainforests
- 3. Multi-faced southern seasonal tropics 3.1 Heterogeneity of the savanna biomes: a southern perspective
- 4. Southern mediterranean: an extratropical plant marvel
- 5. Dry face of the ‘wet hemisphere’: southern deserts and semideserts
- 6. Austral temperate forests: a biome-classification conundrum
- 7. Southern ‘steppes’ and other grassy oddballs
- 8. The biomes of the coldest corners of the World
- 9. Synthesis: A New Global Zonobiome System
- 10. Further Challenges and Research Agenda
- References