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Ecoregions

The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Robert G. Bailey

    1. USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, USA

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  • This is a new edition of a well-received text and it is essential reading for land managers, researchers and graduate students in ecology, landscape architecture and regional planning
  • A significant contribution to a long tradition of classifying and studying the world’s ecological regions or ecoregions
  • Details the use of eco regional patterns to design monitoring networks and sustainable landscapes
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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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

    Pages 141-180
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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.

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“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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, USA

    Robert G. Bailey

About the author

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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