Ecoregions

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 1-7

3. Oceanic Types and Their Controls

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 9-16

4. Ecoregions of the Oceans

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 17-25

5. Continental Types and Their Controls

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 27-45

6. Ecoregions of the Continents: The Polar Ecoregions

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 47-54

7. The Humid Temperate Ecoregions

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 55-68

8. The Dry Ecoregions

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 69-79

9. The Humid Tropical Ecoregions

   • Robert G. Bailey

   Pages 81-87

10. The Mountain Ecoregions

    • Robert G. Bailey

    Pages 89-94

11. Ecoregions and Climate Change

    • Robert G. Bailey

    Pages 95-103

12. Continental Patterns and Boundaries

    • Robert G. Bailey

    Pages 105-109

13. Applications of Ecoregional Patterns

    • Robert G. Bailey

    Pages 111-126

14. Use of Fire Regimes at the Ecoregion Scale

    • Robert G. Bailey

    Pages 127-135

15. Summary and Conclusions

    • Robert G. Bailey

    Pages 137-139

16. Back Matter

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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 the continents and oceans. Also included are: - 106 illustrations with 55 in full color - A new chapter on mountains is included. - There are new sections that address concerns about how eco regions are changing under the relentless influence of humans and climate change - Another new feature is the discussion of using eco regional patterns to transfer research results and select sites for detecting climate change effects on ecosystem distribution - Use of ecoregional patterns to design monitoring networks and sustainable landscapes - Fire regimes in different regional ecosystems and their management implications.

• Global ecology
• climates of the world
• ecological regionalization
• ecoregions
• ecosystem geography
• ecosystems of the world
• landscape/regional and urban planning

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)

““Ecosystem Geography” is the most clearly written and content-packed book I’ve ever read. Let me state that again: it is the most clearly written technical book I’ve ever read. I really admire Bob a lot. The latest edition of his book, “Ecoregions,” has the simplest, best summary of climate change I’ve seen.” (David D. Diamond, Director, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP), University of Missouri)

• USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, USA

  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 mapping and its application to management. He is author of numerous publications on this and related subjects, including four books.

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