Always humid subtropics

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  • Always humid subtropics

    • The zone of the ever-humid subtropics is one of the nine global eco-zones according to J. Schultz. Today it occupies about 4% of the earth's land surface. At the beginning of the 21st century, around 12% of this is still in a largely natural state .

    It is located in the part of the subtropical climate zone known as the “ east side climate” . According to the predominant vegetation, it can be further subdivided into the landscape types laurel forest and subtropical rainforest .

    The boundaries of the ever-humid subtropics are in reality fluid, so that an exact extent - as shown on the map - can in fact not be determined. This fact becomes understandable if one uses comparable geozonal models , e.g. T. have significant deviations. For example, consider the comparable laurel forest zonobiom on the map of the zonobiome according to Walter and Breckle or the FAO Ecozones .

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Schultz, J. (2008): The Earth's Eco Zones . Stuttgart: Ulmer. ISBN 978-3-8252-1514-9
    2. ↑ Values ​​from J. Schultz (Schultz, J. (2008): Die Ökozonen der Erde. Stuttgart) without Antarctica and Greenland converted to the entire land surface. See the article Eco zone # The individual eco zones . (See also tabular overview of various landscape zone models and their proportions ; PDF; 114 kB)
    3. ↑ Map data for the studies "Last of the wild", "Intact forest landscapes" and "Review of status and conservation of wild land in Europe", summarized in the source description for the "Wilderness World Map" on Wikimedia Commons

    literature

    • J. Schultz: The Earth's Eco Zones. 5th edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2016. ISBN 978-3-8252-4628-0 .
    • J. Pfadenhauer, F. Kötzli: Vegetation of the earth. Springer Spectrum, Heidelberg 2014. ISBN 978-3-642-41949-2 .
    • W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the world. 2nd Edition. Springer Spectrum, Heidelberg 2014. ISBN 978-3-642-36574-4 .