 |
Notice ...
- Canada’s ecological landscape is a nesting of smaller, more specialized zones
set within larger, more general ones. Zone 1212 lies within 1210, which
in turn lies within 1200, itself within 1000.
- Ecologists have developed a language of headings to describe this
hierarchy: domain, division, province, section. (These are defined at the bottom of the box.)
- “Ecological” provinces are not to be confused with “political” provinces.
- Cultural (that is, human) elements are part of our understanding of “ecology.”
|
 |
Consider!
- Zone 1213, commonly known as “the barren lands” by early explorers,
is aptly named. At another time, check the chapter "Exploration to Mid-19th Century."
- The ecological diversity of Canada is immense, but well documented.
- This map carries information as of five centuries ago, and one should not
assume that the ecology of the 21st century is exactly the same.
|