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Ecoregions: The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents
Robert G. Bailey
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Description for Ecoregions: The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents
Hardcover. Ecoregions Num Pages: 180 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 54 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PSAF; RGB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 518.
Global warming and human-driven impacts are changing the World’s ecological zones. This book applies the principles described in Bailey’s Ecosystem Geography: From Ecoregions to Sites, 2nd ed. (Springer 2009, 1st ed. 1996) to describe and characterize the major terrestrial and aquatic ecological zones of the Earth. Bailey’s system for classifying these zones has been adopted by major organizations such as the U.S. Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy and this book is a significant contribution to a long tradition of classifying and studying the world’s ecological regions or ecoregions. It includes two color maps that show the major ecoregions of ... Read more
Global warming and human-driven impacts are changing the World’s ecological zones. This book applies the principles described in Bailey’s Ecosystem Geography: From Ecoregions to Sites, 2nd ed. (Springer 2009, 1st ed. 1996) to describe and characterize the major terrestrial and aquatic ecological zones of the Earth. Bailey’s system for classifying these zones has been adopted by major organizations such as the U.S. Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy and this book is a significant contribution to a long tradition of classifying and studying the world’s ecological regions or ecoregions. It includes two color maps that show the major ecoregions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493905232
SKU
V9781493905232
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99-15
About Robert G. Bailey
Robert G. Bailey, born in 1939, received his PhD in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1971. An ecological geographer with U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, he was leader of the agency’s Ecosystem Management Analysis Center for many years. He has four decades of experience working with the theory and practice of ecosystem classification and ... Read more
Reviews for Ecoregions: The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents
From the book reviews: “This work remains a necessary resource for basic research in environmental science, management, and program development. It can serve as a textbook or reference for students in relevant programs such as geography, ecology, and resource management. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 52 (4), December, 2014)