Talk:Biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia

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Passage from SFU Geography cite

Before I close/save due to RAM problems, I wanted to quote this from the SFU Web Atlas link, which could be used in the lede or otherwise in the copy, as a quote or re-adpated into otehr English so as not to be copyvio...:

How the Biogeoclimatic Zones Classification Works

The Biogeoclimatic Zone Classification system groups ecosystems at three levels: regional, local, and chronological. At the regional level, vegetation, soils, and topography are used to infer the regional climate and to identify geographic areas that have relatively uniform climate. These geographic areas are termed biogeoclimatic units.

In order to arrange ecosystems at the three levels of integration, the Biogeoclimatic Zone Classification system combines four classifications: vegetation, climatic (zonal), site, and seral. Vegetation classification is most important to developing the ecosystem classification. However, the climatic and site classifications are the principal classifications used in the application of the Biogeoclimatic Zone Classfication system. At this time the seral classification has not been adequately developed.

Also, I'd meant to give a brief precis of each biogeoclimatic zone and also try and give parallels in the WWF and CEC ecoregion classficiations, plus the Canadian Encyclopedia cite here.Skookum1 (talk) 03:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]