A Geeks Guide To Terrestrial Ecozones

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An ecozone is the largest scale biogeographic division of the Earth's land surfaces, based on the historic and evolutionar... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An ecozone is the largest scale biogeographic division of the Earth's land surfaces, based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of terrestrial plants and animals. Ecozones are characterized by the evolutionary history of the plants and animals they contain. As such, they are distinct from biomes, also known as major habitat types, which are divisions of the Earth's surface based on life form, or the adaptation of plants and animals to climatic, soil, and other conditions. Examines the following terrestrial ecozones: Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropic, Neotropic, Australasia, Indo-Malaya, Oceania, and Antarctic. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less