Titre :
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Ecoregions: the ecosystem geography of the oceans and the continents
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Auteurs :
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R. Bailey
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Type de document :
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ouvrage
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Editeur :
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London [GBR] : Springer, 1998
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-387-98311-0
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Format :
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176 p.
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Langues:
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= Anglais
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Catégories :
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Ecologie
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Mots-clés:
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ECOSYSTEME
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MILIEU AQUATIQUE
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OCEANOLOGIE
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ZONE COTIERE
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ZONE CLIMATIQUE
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ZONE ARIDE
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ZONE DE MONTAGNE
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ZONE TROPICALE
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ZONE HUMIDE
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Résumé :
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This book applies principles of climate and geography to describe and characterize the major ecological zones of the earth - continental as well as oceanic. Robert G. Bailey's system for classification ecoregions has had a major influence on the United States Government's decision to adopt an ecosystem-based approach to managing public land, and has been adopted by major organizations such as the Forest Service and the Nature Conservancy. This book will be a major contribution to the long tradition of classifying the world's ecological regions, and extends the autor's work globally. Numerous photographs of representative ecoregions and outstanding color figures are complemented by two color maps showing the major ecoregions of the continenents and for the oceans.
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