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Biogeographic Regionalization: Holdridge, Rapoport, MacArthur & Wilson, Pielou, Muller, Morrone
Biogeographical Classification
- Major Classifications
- Terrestrial Plants
- Terrestrial Animals
- Aquatic Plants & Animals
Wallace Classification
Classification & Global Distribution of Plants and Animals - Vavilov՚s Genecenters
Merriam Classification
- Based on life zones
- Focused on North & Central American terrestrial mammal distribution
- 6 zones explained
- Used by ecologists
Sclater Classification
- Based on bird taxa
- 6 zones
Karl P. Schmidt Distribution
- Modified Wallace distribution
- 3 realms
Cox Classification
- Mammal zoogeographic regions
- 6 zones
Kuschel՚s Classification
- Plant & animal taxa from southern continents
- Antarctica as land bridge – Austral region (Patagonia, Australia & S. Africa)
Smith Classification
- Numerical analysis of mammal families
- 4 regions
- 10 sub-regions
Porches Classification
- Distribution of bats
Kreft & Jetz Classification
- Multivariate statistical protocol to distributional data of mammal families
- 30 regions with 6 kingdoms
Proches & Ramdhani Classification
- Based on composition of mammal assemblage
- Cluster analysis
- 4 transitions
- 14 regions
Classification Based on Climate
- Stenohygric: Tolerate narrow limit of humidity
- Euryhygric: Tolerate wide limit of humidity
Classification Based on Temperature
- Stenothermal: narrow range
- Thermophilic: Live in high temperature
- Cryophilic: Live in low temperature
- Eurythermal: wide range (Zander in Europe)
Based on Food
- Euryphagous: Can feed on variety of food (omnivores)
- Stenophagous: feed on selective items
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