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units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. Bioscience 58(5):403–414
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map of the continents. Environ Conserv 16:307–309.
With separate map at 1:30,000,000
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United States. 2nd edn rev and expanded (1st edn.
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Ro ¨hrig E, Ulrich B (eds) (1991) Temperate deciduous
forests. Ecosystems of the world 7. Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 635 pp
Schultz J (1995) See Chapters 3.3, 3.6, and 3.8
Woodward SL (2008b) Grassland biomes, Chap 2. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 148 pp
Dry
Coupland RT (ed) (1992/1993) Natural grasslands.
Ecosystems of the world 8A and 8B. Elsevier,
Amsterdam, p 469, p 556
Evenari M, Noy-meir I, Goodall DW (eds) (1985/1986)
Hot deserts and arid shrublands. Ecosystems of the
world 12A and B. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 365, p 451
Goudie AS, Wilkinson JC (1977) The warm desert environment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
88 pp
Hunt CB (1966) Plant ecology of Death Valley,
California. Professional paper 509. U.S. Geological
Survey, Washington, DC, 68 pp
Quinn JA (2009) Desert biomes. Greenwood Press,
Westport, CT, 226 pp
Schultz J (1995) See Chapters 3.4 and 3.5
Shreve F (1942) The desert vegetation of North America.
Bot Rev 8:195–246
UNESCO (1977) Map of the world distribution of arid
regions. MAB technical notes 7. United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris,
54 pp With separate map at 1:25,000,000
West NE (ed) (1983) Temperate deserts and semi-deserts.
Ecosystems of the world 5. Elsevier, Amsterdam,
522 pp
Humid Tropical
Beard JS (1955) The classification of tropical American
vegetation types. Ecology 36:89–100
Bourliere F (ed) (1983) Tropical savannas. Ecosystems of
the world 13. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 730 pp
Cole MM (1960) Cerrado, caatinga and pantanal: the
distribution and origin of the savanna vegetation of
Brazil. Geogr J 126:168–179
Fosberg FR, Garnier BJ, Ku ¨chler AW (1961) Delimitation of the humid tropics. Geogr Rev 51:333–347.
With separate map at 1:60,000,000
Golley FB (ed) (1983) Tropical rain forest ecosystems.
Ecosystems of the world 14A. Elsevier, Amsterdam,
381 pp
Holzman BA (2008) Tropical forest biomes. Greenwood
Press, Westport, CT, 242 pp
le Houerou HN, Popov GF (1981) An eco-climatic classification of intertropical Africa. FAO technical paper
31. FAO, Rome, 40 pp
Ruhe RV (1960) Elements of the soil landscape. In: Seventh international congress of soil science, vol 23,
Adaliele, pp 165–170
Schlutz J (1995) See Chapters 3.7 and 3.9
Tosi JS (1964) Climatic control of terrestrial ecosystems:
a report on the Holdridge model. Econ Geogr
40:173–181
Tricart J (1972) The landforms of the humid tropics,
forests, and savannas (trans. from French by Conrad
J. Kiewiet de Jonge). Longman, London, 306 pp
Woodward SL (2008) See Chapter 3
Mountains
Barry RG (1992) Mountain weather and climate, 2nd edn.
Routledge, London, 402 pp
Daubenmire R (1943) Vegetation zonation in the Rocky
Mountains. Bot Rev 9:325–393
Ives JD, Messerli M (1997) Mountains of the world: a
global priority. In: Messerli M, Ives JD (eds)
Mountains of the world: a global priority. Parthenon,
New York, pp 1–15
Merriam CH (1890) Results of a biological survey of the
San Francisco Mountain region and desert of the Little
Colorado, Arizona. North American Fauna, No. 3, pp
1–136
Parish R (2002) Mountain environments. Pearson Education, Harlow, England, 348 pp
Pfister RD, Arno SF (1980) Classifying forest habitat
types based on potential climax vegetation. For Sci
26:52–70
Quinn JA (2008) See Chapters 3 and 4
Swan LW (1967) Alpine and aeolian regions of the world.
In: Wright HE Jr, Osburn WH (eds) Arctic and alpine
environments. Indiana University Press, Bloomington,
IN, pp 29–54
Zwinger AH, Willard BE (1972) Land above trees: a guide
to American alpine tundra. Harper & Row, New York,
448 pp
Appendix References
Abell R, Thieme ML, Revenga C et al (2008) Freshwater
ecoregions of the world: a new map of biogeographic
units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. Bioscience 58(5):403–414
Bailey RG (1989) Explanatory supplement to ecoregions
map of the continents. Environ Conserv 16:307–309.
With separate map at 1:30,000,000
Bailey RG (1995) Description of the ecoregions of the
United States. 2nd edn rev and expanded (1st edn.
1980). Miscellaneous publication no. 1391 (rev).
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