Ecoregions: July 2018

Book review of Northern Serengeti Road Ecology published in Environmental Practice: DOI: 10.1080/14660466.2018.1491754.

An Ecoregion Approach to the World

Ecoregions of the World

Ecoregions, short for ecological regions, are areas with similar environmental resources. They often have common geographic features such as mountains or watersheds, but their delineation is also based on additional biological, geological, and climate-related patterns. This blog focuses on world geography with attention to ecoregions. Currently, I am posting individual site descriptions here with whole ecoregion descriptions at sites.google.com/site/enviroramble

Current Theme: Cold Temperate

Next: High Desert Lakes

Past Themes

Equatorial, 0 to 10 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Tambora and Puting Peninsula; Kapuas, Kinabalu, Tubbataha, and Victoria; Coetivy Island; Madeira River drainage; and Guyana Highlands.

Polar, 70 to 80 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Kara Sea; Alexander Island and Ellsworth Mountains; Haughton, Napaartulik, and Simirlik; Amery Oasis and Dome Argus

Tundra Transition, 60 to 70 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Ob River and Urengoy Gas Field, Graham Land, Koukdjuak and the Crystal Eye of Nunavik, Mawson Coast and Prydz Bay

Boreal Transition, 50 to 60 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Boynes Islands and Elan Bank, Labrador and the Eye of Quebec, Cape Horn and the Falklands, Ural Mountains and Turgay Plateau

Cold Temperate, 40 to 50 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Aral Sea, Patagonian Coast, and Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Warm temperate, 30-40 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Afghanistan Mountains, Pampas, Bermuda, Fang Mei and Shennongjia, Cultural Sites of the Mojave and Sonoran Desert, Mediterranean California, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Southwestern Australia

Tropical Temperate Transition, 20-30 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Dampier, Hamelin, and Ningaloo; Cebadillas, Islands of the Gulf of California, and El Vizcaino; Rapa; Gan, Pearl, and Xiang Rivers; Balochistan; Atacama Desert, Puna, and Yungas; Caicos, Turks, and Silver Bank

Tropical, 10-20 degrees latitude. Posts in this theme: Rowley Shoals; Clarion, Partida, and Shimata; Hundred Islands, Macclesfield Bank, and Palawan; Jiddat al Harasis; Chiquitano and Pantanal; Leeward and Windward Islands; Rodrigues.

Ecoregions

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Northern Serengeti Road Ecology

An Ecoregion Approach to the World

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