...Dr. Patton...thank you for your comment...without going into detail requiring review of the original maps, etc...literature on extent, distributions, etc, of terrestrial forest biomes shows inexact consensus across specialists...also, there is incomplete concordance between Whittaker's & Holdridge's systems...more important, as i recall, is the fact that transition zones occur between each forest type, areas that are very poorly resolved, mapped, described, etc, between biomes...the landscapes peri-tropical moist forest[s] TMF are, especially, fuzzy in the literature [v long story]...i think that the area you've circled represents a transition zone that is, scientifically, "messy"...i have an encyclopedia entry in press describing some of the problems associated w specifying TMF that i can make available to anyone interested as long as it is not quoted...clara*
*BTW i make no claim to being a tropical botanist, plant ecologist, etc...however, i am well-prepared on these topics...particularly, tropical deciduous & tropical moist...and have worked in tropical wet... On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Geoffrey Patton <gwpatt...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi, Clara. > > I'm curious about one area on the template that seems odd. The area I've > circled seems to be between 2 other rain forest regions and gets similar > rainfall. Do you have any thoughts about why that "leg" off the temperate > deciduous forest exists? Just curious. It appears to be a good teaching > tool regardless. > > Cordially yours, > Geoff Patton, Ph.D. > 2208 Parker Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 301.221.9536 > > "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." Mark Twain > > > *From:* Clara B. Jones <foucaul...@gmail.com> > *To:* ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > *Sent:* Sunday, November 11, 2012 9:52 AM > *Subject:* [ECOLOG-L] [Copyrighted] Biome/Ecosystem Template for Mapping > Projects > > > http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com/2012/11/biomeecosystem-template-for-mapping.html > > > clara b. jones > Blog: http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbjones1943 > Cell: -828-279-4429 > > "Where no estimate of error of any kind can be made, generalizations about > populations from sample data are worthless." Ferguson, 1959 > > > -- clara b. jones Blog: http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbjones1943 Cell: -828-279-4429 "Where no estimate of error of any kind can be made, generalizations about populations from sample data are worthless." Ferguson, 1959
