Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A WorkingMap and Classification

摘要

The subdivision of a large area into distinctive landscape ecosystems provides amuch-need framework for integrated resource management and planning; for biological conservation; and for comparision of differences in composition, occurrence, interactions, and productivity of plants and animals among ecosystems. This publication provides such a regional land-scape ecosystem classification for Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Based on differences in climate, bedrock geology, glacial landform, and soils, this classification delineates and describes map units at the Section, Subsection, and Sub-subsection levels that represent areas with distinctive natural conditions affecting species composition and productivity.