Biomes & ecosystem classification systems and information

Biome @ National Geographic

Blue Planet Biomes

Ecoregions 2017

Ecosystem.org

IUCN

     Global Ecosystem Typology

          Core report [pdf]

     Redlist of Ecosystems

One Earth

     Bioregions 2020

     Bioregion Navigator

UN Food & Agriculture Program (FAO)

     Land Cover Classification System (LCCS)

World's Biomes @ UCMP

Grasslands

American Prairie

Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG)

     GrassPlot

Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) @ USDA

Grassland organizations @ Oregon State University

Prairie Ecologist

Rangelands Gateway

Southeastern Grasslands Institute

Temperate grasslands @ IUCN

Tropics

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

Canadian Organization for Tropical Education & Rainforest Conservation

Center for Tropical Research (CTR) @ UCLA     

Tropical Ecology Assessment & Monitoring (TEAM) Network        

In addition to biomes and ecosystems, this page covers the related concepts of ecotypes and ecoregional systems.

Contents of this page:

     · Biomes & ecosystem classification systems & information

       · Grasslands

         · Tropics

Subpages:

     · Wetlands

       · Deserts

         · Forests

                 ~ Forest institutions

                 ~ Forests & climate change

                 ~ Forest fire & wildfires

           · Mountains

             · Caves

Also see:

       · Islands & small island states (SIS)

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