A regionalization that classifies the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion into distinct areas of increasingly uniform ecological potentials. The Biophysical Area types are mapped based on associations of those biotic and environmental factors that directly affect or indirectly express energy, moisture, and nutrient gradients which regulate the structure and function of ecosystems. These factors include climate, physiography, water, soils, air, hydrology, and potential natural communities.
Summary
A regionalization that classifies the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion into distinct areas of increasingly uniform ecological potentials. The Biophysical Area types are mapped based on associations of those biotic and environmental factors that directly affect or indirectly express energy, moisture, and nutrient gradients which regulate the structure and function of ecosystems. These factors include climate, physiography, water, soils, air, hydrology, and potential natural communities.
