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The ecoregions on the Earth’s land masses are arranged in predictable patterns and are causally related to macroclimate, i.e., the climate that lies just above the local modifying irregularities of landform and vegetation. These macroclimates are regularly arranged with reference to several controlling factors.
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Bailey, R.G. (1998). Continental Types and Their Controls. In: Ecoregions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2200-2_4
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