Essential reading about ecoregions
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
May 1, 2009, 5:53 pm
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This article is part of the Ecoregions Collection
Listed below are some of they key resources that describe the science and methodology behind ecoregion classification systems:
- Bailey, Robert G. 2002. Ecoregion-Based Design for Sustainability. Springer-Verlag. New York, New York. 240pp., 100 illus. ISBN 0-387-95430-9
- Bailey, Robert G. 1998. Ecoregions: The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and the Continents. Springer-Verlag. New York, New York. 192pp., 107 illus., 10 tables. ISBN 0-387-98305-8
- Bailey, Robert G. 1996. Ecosystem Geography. Springer-Verlag. New York, New York. 216pp., 122 illus., 14 tables. ISBN 0-387-94586-5
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Ecological Regions of North America--Toward a Common Perspective, (Quebec, Canada, 1997), ISBN 2-922305-18-X
- Omernik, James M., 1987. Map Supplement: Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 77, No. 1 (March), pp. 118-125
- Omernik, James M., 1995. Ecoregions: A spatial framework for environmental management. In: Biological Assessment and Criteria: Tools for Water Resource Planning and Decision Making. Davis, W.S. and T.P. Simon (eds.) Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. Pp. 49-62. ISBN: 0873718941.
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, Western Ecology Division, Ecoregion Maps and GIS Resources, Accessed 1 May 2009.
- U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Description of the Ecoregions of the United States, Accessed 1 May 2009.
- U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ecoregion Home Page, Accessed 1 May 2009
- World Wildlife Fund, Ecoregions homepage, Accessed 1 May 2009.
