strategy
Managing biogeographic units
Synonyms:
Conserving distinctive biogeographic areas Context:
A biogeographic unit is an area delineated on biogeographic parameters. A biogeographic region often corresponds to what may be called a "major habitat type", comprising a large ecoregion or set of ecoregions (or groupings of habitats) that (a) experience comparable climatic regimes, (b) have similar vegetation structure, (c) display similar spatial patterns of biodiversity and (d) contain flora and fauna with similar guild structures and life histories. Facilitates:
Accounting for bioregional interactions Problems:
Threatened biogeographical provincesSubjects:
Research, Standards → MeasurementManagement → Management
Conservation → Conservation
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
