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Ecological Regions

Ecological Regions is a biogeographic classification system that partitions the Earth's surface into spatially explicit units based on shared ecological characteristics, including climate, geology, vegetation, and species composition, to facilitate environmental analysis and conservation planning.

480

Publications

34.4K

Citations

2.1K

Authors

777

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

146

Variants

Ecoregions

Parents

Publications

480

Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth

David M. Olson, Eric Dinerstein, Eric Wikramanayake et al. · BioScience · 2001 · 8.4K citations · Full text

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Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States

James M. Omernik · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1987 · 2.7K citations

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The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan. Part I.-Geographical Relations of the Dune Floras.

H. C. Cowles · Botanical Gazette · 1899 · 520 citations · Full text

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Physiological Correlates of Geographic Range in Animals

Francisco Bozinovic, Piero Calosi, John I. Spicer · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2011 · 458 citations

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Threats and biodiversity in the mediterranean biome

Emma C. Underwood, Joshua H. Viers, Kirk R. Klausmeyer et al. · Diversity and Distributions · 2008 · 402 citations

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Authors

2.1K

  1. JM
    James M. Omernik

    Environmental Protection Agency, United States

    8 publications · 3.3K citations

    8

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  2. OG
    Orou G. Gaoue

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    7 publications · 455 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. RG
    Robert G. Bailey

    US Forest Service, United States

    6 publications · 893 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. SR
    S.K. Ray

    ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, India

    5 publications · 178 citations

    5

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  5. TB
    T. Bhattacharyya

    ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, India

    5 publications · 188 citations

    5

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1–5 of 2.1K

Institutions

777

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    12 h-index

    43 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Environmental Protection Agency

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    588 citations

  6. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    510 citations

  7. China Agricultural University

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    885 citations

  8. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    572 citations

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Venues

  1. Environmental Management

    10 publications · 904 citations

    10

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 9 publications · 164 citations

    9

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  3. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 409 citations

    7

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  4. Journal of Biogeography

    7 publications · 342 citations

    7

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  5. Scientific Reports

    6 publications · 336 citations

    6

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