Ecozones of Canada

By

Neimanis, V. P.
Reid, John.
Wiken, E. B. (Ed B.)
Downey, Autumn.
Canada. Environment Canada.
Canadian Council On Ecological Areas.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[Ottawa], Environment Canada, [1996]

Notes

Caption title.

"Cat. No. : EN21-157/1996E".

Title from French version : Les écozones du Canada.

"Based on the Terrestrial exozones of Canada (Wiken, 1986) this series was developed by State of the Environment directorate staff of environment Canada to capture the representative elements of each exozone using an artistic depiction and providing descriptive text." p. 4 of each folded sheet.

"Artwork was done under contract by Autum Downey... Most of the text was written by Environment Canada staff -Ed Wiken, John Reid, V. Neimanis, John Anderson, Gary Ironside and others..." p. 4 of each folded sheet.

"Information and reviews were provided by the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA)". p. 4 of each folded sheet.

Contents: 1. Arctic Rockies -- 2. Far North -- 3. Treeless North -- 4. Big Valley -- 5. Land of dwarf trees -- 6. Northern Mountains -- 7. The Wetlands -- 8. Boreal heartland -- 9. Shield Country -- 10. Klondike Country -- 11. Nature's postcard -- 12. Southern Rockies -- 13. Great Plains -- 14. Atlantic Highlands -- 15. The urban corridor -- 16. Pacific rim -- 17. Northwest passage -- 18. The Giant ice cap -- 19. Atlantic edge -- 20. Iceberg alley.

Each sheet describes one of Canada's 20 ecozones, with an illustration, and text describing the zone, land forms, climate, plants, wildlife and human activity.

Subjects

Atlases , Biotic communities , Canada , Ecology , Maps , Phytogeography

Language

English