Ecoregions :

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Bailey, Robert G., Ecoregions : the ecosystem geography of the oceans and continents / Robert G. Bailey. - Second edition. - New York : Springer, 2014.
xiv, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Content notes : 1. Introduction --
2. Oceanic types and their controls --
3. Ecoregions of the oceans --
4. Continental types and their controls --
5. Ecoregions of the continents: the Polar ecoregions --
6. The humid temperate ecoregions --
7. The dry ecoregions --
8. The humid tropical ecoregions --
9. The mountain ecoregions --
10. Ecoregions and climate change --
11. Continental patterns and boundaries --
12. Applications of ecoregional patterns --
13. Use of fire regimes at the ecoregion scale --
14. Summary and conclusions --
Appendix A. Air masses and frontal zones --
Appendix B. Common and scientific names --
Appendix C. Conversion factors --
Appendix D. Comparison of ecoregion and related approaches. 9781493905232 (alk. paper) * Ecological regions - Classification. Biogeography.