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Gulfof St. Lawrence
Beau fortSea Mard eBe aufort
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ECOLOGICALREGIONSOFNORTHAMERICA REGIONESECOLÓGICASDEAMÉRICADELNORTE RÉGIONSÉCOLOGIQUESDE L'AMÉRIQUEDUNORDLevel I Nivel I Niveau I
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5.0 NORTHERN FORESTSBOSQUES SEPTENTRIONALESFORÊTS SEPTENTRIONALES
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8.0 EASTERN TEMPERATE FORESTSBOSQUES TEMPLADOS DELESTEFORÊTS TEMPÉRÉES DE L'EST
9.0 GREATPLAINSGRANDES PLANICIESGRANDES PLAINES
10.0 NORTH AMERICAN DESERTSDESIERTOS DE NORTEAMÉRICADESÉRTS DE L'AMÉRIQUE DUNORD
11.0 MEDITERRANEAN CALIFORNIACALIFORNIAMEDITERRÁNEACALIFORNIE MÉDITERRANÉENNE
12.0 SOUTHERN SEMI-ARID HIGHLANDSELEVACIONES SEMIÁRIDAS MERIDIONALESHAUTES TERRES SEMI-ARIDES MÉRIDIONALES
13.0 TEMPERATE SIERRASSIERRAS TEMPLADASSIERRAS TÉMPERÉES
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15.0 TROPICALWETFORESTSSELVAS CÁLIDO-HÚMEDASFORÊTS TROPICALES HUMIDES
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ProyecciónAzimultalde Equi-áreade LambertLambert AzimuthalEqualArea Projection
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COMMISSION FORENVIRONMENTALCOOPERATION
COMISION PARALACOOPERACION AMBIENTAL
COMMISSION DE COOPÉRATIONENVIRONNEMENTALE
ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
REGIONES ECOLÓGICAS DE AMÉRICA DEL NORTE
RÉGIONS ÉCOLOGIQUES DE L'AMÉRIQUE DU NORD
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RegionboundaryLevelIILímitederegionesNivelIILimitederégionsNiveauII
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1.1 ARCTIC CORDILLERACORDILLERAÁRTICACORDILLÈRE ARCTIQUE
2.0 TUNDRATUNDRATOUNDRA
2.1 NORTHERN ARCTICÁRTICOSEPTENTRIONALARCTIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
2.2 ALASKATUNDRATUNDRADE ALASKATOUNDRAD'ALASKA
2.3 BROOKS RANGE TUNDRATUNDRADE LASIERRADE BROOKSTOUNDRADE LASIERRADE BROOKS
2.4 SOUTHERN ARCTICÁRTICOMERIDIONALARCTIQUE MÉRIDIONALE
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3.1 ALASKABOREALINTERIORALASKABOREALINTERIORALASKABORÉALINTÉRIEUR
3.2 TAIGACORDILLERATAIGAEN CORDILLERATAÏGAEN CORDILLÈRE
3.3 TAIGAPLAINTAIGAEN PLANICIETAÏGAEN PLAINE
3.4 TAIGASHIELDTAIGAEN ESCUDOTAÏGAEN BOUCLIER
4.0 HUDSON PLAINPLANICIE DE HUDSONPLAINE D'HUDSON
4.1 HUDSON PLAINPLANICIE DE HUDSONPLAINE D'HUDSON
5.0 NORTHERN FORESTSBOSQUES SEPTENTRIONALESFORÊTS SEPTENTRIONALES
5.1 SOFTWOOD SHIELDBOSQUE DE CONÍFERAS EN ESCUDOFORÊTÀ CONIFÈRES DUBOUCLIER
5.2 MIXED WOOD SHIELDBOSQUE MIXTOEN ESCUDOFORÊTMIXTE DUBOUCLIER
5.3 ATLANTIC HIGHLANDSELEVACIONES ATLÁNTICASHAUTES TERRES DE L'ATLANTIQUE
5.4 BOREALPLAINPLANICIE BOREALPLAINE BORÉALE
6.0 NORTHWESTERN FORESTED MOUNTAINSMONTAÑAS BOSCOSAS NOROCCIDENTALESMONTAGNES FORESTÈES DU NORD-QUEST
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6.2 WESTERN CORDILLERACORDILLERAOCCIDENTALCORDILLÈRE OCCIDENTALE
7.0 MARINE WESTCOASTFORESTBOSQUE COSTEROOCCIDENTALFORÊTMARITIME DE LACÔTE OCCIDENTALE
7.1 MARINE WESTCOASTFORESTBOSQUE COSTEROOCCIDENTAL
FORÊTMARITIME DE LACÔTE OCCIDENTALE
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8.1 MIXED WOOD PLAINSPLAINICIES CON BOSQUE MIXTOPLAINES DES FORÊTS MIXTES
8.2 CENTRALUSAPLAINSPLANICIES CENTRALES DE EUAPLAINES CENTRALES DES É.-U.
8.3 SOUTHEASTERN USAPLAINSPLANICIES SURORIENTALES DE EUAPLAINES DUSUD-ESTDES É.-U.
8.4 OZARK, OUACHITA-APPALACHIAN FORESTSBOSQUES DE OZARK,OUACHITAYLOS APALACHESFORÊTS D'OZARK,OUACHITAET DES'APPALACHES
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9.0 GREATPLAINSGRANDES PLANICIESGRANDES PLAINES
9.2 TEMPERATE PRAIRIESPRADERAS TEMPLADASPRAIRIES TEMPÉRÉES
9.3 WEST-CENTRALSEMI-ARID PRAIRIESPRADERAS SEMIÁRIDAS CENTRO-OCCIDENTALESPRAIRIES SEMI-ARIDES CENTRE-OCCIDENTALES
9.4 SOUTH CENTRALSEMI-ARID PRAIRIESPRADERAS SEMIÁRIDAS CENTRO-MERIDIONALESPRAIRIES SEMI-ARIDES CENTRE-MÉRIDIONALES
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13.1 UPPER GILAMOUNTAINSSIERRAS DE LACUENCADELRÍO GILASIERRAS DUBASSIN DUGILA
13.2 WESTERN SIERRAMADRESIERRAMADRE OCCIDENTALSIERRAMADRE OCCIDENTALE
13.3 EASTERN SIERRAMADRESIERRAMADRE ORIENTALSIERRAMADRE ORIENTALE
13.4 TRANSVERSALNEO-VOLCANIC SYSTEMSISTEMANEO-VOLCÁNICOTRANSVERSALSYSTÈME NÉO-VOLCANIQUE TRANSVERSAL
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13.6 CENTRALAMERICAN SIERRAMADRE AND CHIAPAS HIGHLANDS
SIERRAMADRE CENTROAMERICANAYALTOS DE CHIAPASSIERRAMADRE D'AMÉRIQUE CENTRALE ETHAUTES MONTAGNES DUCHIAPAS
14.0 TROPICALDRYFORESTSSELVAS CÁLIDO-SECASFORÊTS TROPICALES SÈCHES
14.1 DRYGULFOF MEXICOCOASTALPLAINS AND HILLS
PLANICIES COSTERAS YLOMERÍOS SECOS DELGOLFODE MÉXICOPLAINES CÔTIÈRES ETCOLLINES SÈCHES DUGOLFE DUMEXIQUE
14.2 NORTHWESTERN PLAIN OFTHE YUCATAN PENINSULAPLANICIE NOROCCIDENTALDE LAPENÍNSULADE YUCATÁNPLAINE NORD-OUESTDE LAPÉNINSULE DU YUCATAN
14.3 WESTERN PACIFIC COASTALPLAIN,HILLS AND CANYONSPLANICIE COSTERA,LOMERÍOS YCAÑONES DELOCCIDENTEPLAINE CÔTIÈRE,COLLINES,ETCANONS OCCIDENTAUX
14.4 INTERIOR DEPRESSIONSDEPRESIONES INTERMONTANASDÉPRESSIONS INTERMONTAGNES
14.5 SOUTHERN PACIFIC COASTALPLAIN AND HILLSPLANICIE COSTERAYLOMERÍOS DELPACÍFICOSURPLAINE CÔTIÈRE ETCOLLINES DUPACIFIQUE SUD
14.6 SIERRAAND PLAINS OFELCABOSIERRAYPLANICIES DELCABOSIERRAETPLAINES D'ELCABO
15.0 TROPICALWETFORESTSSELVAS CÁLIDO-HÚMEDASFORÊTS TROPICALES HUMIDES
15.1 HUMID GULFOFMEXICOCOASTALPLAINS AND HILLSPLANICIE COSTERAYLOMERÍOS HÚMEDOS DELGOLFODE MÉXICOPLAINE CÔTIÈRE ETCOLLINES HUMIDES DUGOLFE DUMEXIQUE
15.2 PLAIN AND HILLS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULAPLANICIE YLOMERÍOS DE LAPENÍNSULADE YUCATÁNPLAINE ETCOLLINES DE LA PÉNINSULE DE YUCATAN
15.3 SIERRALOS TUXTLASSIERRADE LOS TUXTLASSIERRADES TUXTLAS
15.4 EVERGLADESEVERGLADESEVERGLADES
15.5 WESTERN PACIFIC PLAIN AND HILLSPLANICIE YLOMERÍOS DELOCCIDENTEPLAINE ETCOLLINES DE L'QUEST
15.6 COASTALPLAIN AND HILLS OFSOCONUSCOPLANICIE COSTERAYLOMERÍOS DELSOCONUSCOPLAINE CÔTIÈRE ETCOLLINES DUSOCONUSCO
10.0 NORTH AMERICAN DESERTSDESIERTOS DE NORTEAMÉRICADESÉRTS DE L'AMÉRIQUE DUNORD
10.1 COLD DESERTSDESIERTOS FRIOSDESÉRTS FROIDS
10.2 WARMDESERTSDESIERTOS CÁLIDOSDESÉRTS CHAUDS
11.0 MEDITERRANEAN CALIFORNIACALIFORNIAMEDITERRÁNEACALIFORNIE MÉDITERRANÉENNE
11.1 MEDITERRANEAN CALIFORNIACALIFORNIAMEDITERRÁNEACALIFORNIE MÉDITERRANÉENNE
12.0 SOUTHERN SEMI-ARID HIGHLANDSELEVACIONES SEMIÁRIDAS MERIDIONALESHAUTES TERRES SEMI-ARIDES MÉRIDIONALES
12.1 WESTERN SIERRAMADRE PIEDMONTPIEDEMONTE DE LASIERRAMADRE OCCIDENTALPIEDMONTDE LASIERRAMADRE OCCIDENTALE
12.2 MEXICAN HIGH PLATEAUALTIPLANICIE MEXICANAHAUTPLATEAUMEXICAIN
WILDLIFE HABITATCANADA/HABITATFAUNIQUE CANADA
CANADIAN COUNCILON ECOLOGICALAREAS /CONSEILCANADIEN DES AIRES ÉCOLOGIQUES
ENVIRONMENTCANADA/ENVIRONNEMENTCANADA
CANADIAN PLAINS RESEARCH CENTER,UNIVERSITYOFREGINA,SASKATCHEWAN,CANADAAGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA/AGRICULTURE ET AGROALIMENTAIRE CANADA
ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION AGENCY,U.S.A.
U.S.GEOLOGICALSURVEY,DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR,U.S.A.
INSTITUTONACIONALDE ESTADÍSTICA,GEOGRAFÍAE INFORMATICA(INEGI),MÉXICO
COMISION NACIONALPARAELCONOCIMIENTOYUSO E LABIODIVERSIDAD (CONABIO),MÉXICO
INSTITUTONACIONALDE ECOLOGIA,SEMARNAP,MÉXICO
CENTRODE ECOLOGIA,UNIVERSIDAD NACIONALAUTONOMADE MÉXICOINSTITUTODE ECOLOGIA,A.C. XALAPA,MÉXICO
Ecologicalregionsare areasofgeneralsimilarity inecosystems
andin thetype, quality,and quantity ofenvironmental resources.
Theyserveas aspatialframeworkfor theresearch,assessment,
management, and monitoring of ecosystems and ecosystem
components.Theyare effectivefornationaland regionalstateof
theenvironment reports,environmental resourceinventories and
assessments, setting regional resource management goals,
determiningcarrying capacity,as well as developing biological
criteriaand waterqualitystandards.The developmentof aclear
understanding of regionaland largecontinentalecosystems is
criticalforevaluating ecologicalrisk, sustainability,and health.
Themapsshown hererepresenta second attemptto holistically
classifyand map ecological regionsacrossthe NorthAmerican
continent(Commission forEnvironmental Cooperation Working
Group,1997).The mapping from 1997 and 2006was builtupon
earliereffortsthathad begun individuallyin allthreecountries
(e.g.,Wiken 1986,Omernik 1987).These approachesrecognized
t he need t o consider a full r ange of phys i ca l and biot i c
characteristicsto explain ecosystem regions (Omernik 2004).
Equally,they recognized thatthe relativeimportance of each
characteristic variesfrom one ecological regionto another
r eg ar dl es s o f t he h ie ra rc hi ca l l ev el . I n d es cr ib in g
ecoregionalizationin Canada,Wiken (1986)stated:
Ecologicalland classification is aprocess ofdelineating and
classifying ecologically distinctive areas of the Earth’s
surface. Each area can beviewed as a discretesystem whichhas resulted fromthe meshand interplayof thegeologic,
landform, soil, vegetative, climatic, wildlife, water and
humanfactorswhich may bepresent. Thedominanceof any
oneor a numberof these factors vari eswi th thegiven
ecological land unit. This holistic approach to land
classification can beapplied incrementallyon a scalerelated
basi s f rom very s i te- speci f ic ecosyst ems to very broad
ecosystems.
Determining ecologi cal r egions a t a cont inenta l l eve l i s a
challenging task.Itisdifficult,in part,becauseNorthAmericais
ecologically diverseand becausea nation’sterritorialboundaries
can be a hindrance to seeing and appreciating the perspectives
acrossthe land-massof threecountries. Developing and refining
aframeworkofNorthAmerican ecologicalregionshasbeen the
product of research and consultation between federal,state,
provincialand territorial agencies.These agencies wereoften
government depar tment s , but t he init i at i ve a l so involved
nongovernmental groups, universities and institutes. The
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was
instrumentalin bringing thesegroups together.The CEC was
established in 1994 byCanada, Mexico,and the United States to
addressenvironmentalconcernscommon tothe three countries.
TheCEC derivesits formal mandatefrom the NorthAmerican
Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), the
environmentalside accord to the NorthAmerican Free Trade
Agreement(NAFTA).
Thesemapsrepresenttheworkinggroup’sbestconsensuson the
distributionand characteristicsof majorecosystemsonall three
levels throughout the three North American countries. The
methodology incorporated thesepoints in mapping ecologicalregions:
•Ecologicalclassificationincorporatesallmajorcomponents of
ecosystems:air,water, land,and biota,including humans.
•Itis holistic(“thewholeisgreaterthan the sum of itsparts”).
•The numberand relativeimportanceoffactorsthatarehelpful
in the delineation processvary from one area to another,
regardlessof thelevel ofgeneralization.
•Ecological classificationisbased onhierarchy—ecosystemsare
nested within ecosystemsas mapped, althoughin reality,they
may notalways nest.
• Such classification integrates knowledge;it is notan overlay
process.
•It recognizesthat ecosystemsare interactive—characteristicsof
oneecosystem blend withthose ofanother.
• Map lines depicting ecological classification boundaries
generally coincidewith thelocation ofzones oftransition.
A Romannumeral hierarchical scheme has beenadopted for
differentlevelsof ecologicalregions. LevelI is the coarsest
level,dividing North America into 15 broad ecologicalregions.
Thesehighlight majorecologicalareas and providethe broad
backdrop to theecologicalmosaicof thecontinent,putting it in
cont ext a t globalor in te rcontinent al scal es. The50 Level I I
ecologicalregions thathave been delineated areintendedto
providea moredetailed description ofthe largeecologicalareas
nested withinthe levelIregions.LevelIIecologicalregionsare
useful fornationaland subcontinentaloverviews of ecological
pa tt e rns .At l eve l I I I, t he cont inent current l ycont a ins 182
ecological regions.The levelIIIecological region mapdepicts
revisionsand subdivisionsof earlierlevel I,II, and IIIecological
regions (CEC 1997, McMahon et al., 2001,Omernik 1987,USEPA 2006;Wiken1986,Wiken etal.,1996).These smaller
divi s ions enhance regional envi ronment a l monit oring,
assessment andreporting,as wellas decision-making. Because
l eve l I I I r egions are smal l er , t hey al low loca l ly defin ing
characteristics to be identified, and morespecificallyoriented
managementstrategiesto beformulated.
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