A vector map of the world’s terrestrial biotic units: subbiomes, biomes, ecozones and domains

By

Loidi, Javier
Navarro-Sánchez, Gonzalo
Vynokurov, Denys

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-3-16

Original Publication

Vegetation classification and survey

Volume

4

Pages

59--61

Subjects

Biogeography , biome , biotic unit , Climate , DOMAIN , Earth , ecozone , GIS vector map , subbiome

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers 2020-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.99167

 

Abstract

A vector map of biotic units encompassing the entire terrestrial area of the earth is provided. It contains a hierarchical system of domains, ecozones, biomes and subbiomes, as a large-scale description of the terrestrial ecosystems. The map can be used for different analysis, including monitoring of climate change.