World Wildlife Fund Terrestrial Ecoregions
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile represents World Wildlife Fund (WWF) global terrestrial ecoregions. Ecoregions are defined as relatively large areas of land or water in the world containing a characteristic set of natural communities that share a large majority of their species, dynamics, and environmental conditions. This data set contains all terrestrial ecoregions, which include those of the Global 200. Global 200 ecoregions are a collection of the Earth's most outstanding and diverse terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats where the Earth's biological wealth is most distinctive and rich, where its loss will be most severely felt, and we must protect if we are to preserve the web of life. For more information, contact http://www.worldwildlife.org. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2.
- Purpose
- World Wildlife Fund Terrestrial Ecoregions provides a global view of terrestrial ecoregions defined by the World Wildlife Fund Conservation Science Program, and can be used for geographic display and analysis at national and world levels.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
|---|---|
| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 61.575 |
| Publisher | Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.) |
| Date valid | 2001; 2005 |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Edition | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | Scale not given. ; W 180°--E 180°/N 83°37ʹ23ʺ--S 89°53ʹ31ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | World Wildlife Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Creator | Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.) |
Subjects
| Subject | Ecological regions |
|---|---|
| Subject | Biotic communities |
| Subject | Earth (Planet) |
| Subject | 2001 |
| Subject | 2005 |
| Subject | Biology and Ecology |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.
- Copyright
- Copyright ownership resides with the originator.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- World Wildlife Fund; ESRI. (2014). World Wildlife Fund Terrestrial Ecoregions. ESRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fk938jc7981
Collection
ESRI data & maps : [electronic resource]
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