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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Robert G., 1939-

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotic communities--Classification.

Biotic communities.

Natural resources surveys.

Ecosystem management.

Physical Description:

xiii, 251 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm + 2 folded maps (color ; 26 x 40 cm)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2009]

Summary:

The first editor of this book, Ecosystem Geography, examined the distribution of ecosystems at different scales, and the processes that have differentiated them. It presented the principles for ecosystems mapping and explored the connections between ecosystem geography, conservation, and management. Ecosystem Geography was written in 1996, at a time when few published materials on ecosystem geography were available, and none had systematically elaborated the principles underlying the mapping of ecosystems in a form accessible to advanced students and practitioners. This second edition, Ecosystem Geography: From Ecoregions to Sites, 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 file regimes), empirical versus genetic approaches to classification, and human modification to ecosystems, such as through the introduction of invasive species.

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.

Notes:

2 folded maps in pocket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780387895154

0387895159

9781441903914

1441903917

9780387895161

0387895167

OCLC:

310401175