Rethinking biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification for a changing world

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 254-277

  Haeussler, Sybille ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate change; Complex systems; Ecological land classification; History of ecology; Nonequilibrium dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATIONS; ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84859862486     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a11-008     Document Type: Review

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