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type: ee_const.stac_type.collection,
id: id,
version: version,
title: 'IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology: 1.0',
title: 'IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology Level 3: 1.0',
'gee:type': ee_const.gee_type.table,
description: |||
The Global Ecosystem Typology is a taxonomy of ecosystems based on
their unique characteristics. It is a global classification system
that provides a consistent framework for describing and classifying
geological ecosystems.
The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology comprises six hierarchical levels,
with the three upper levels, allowing navigation from global to local
scales. The three upper levels: realms, functional biomes and ecosystem
functional groups classify ecosystems based on their functional
characteristics (such as structural roles of foundation species, water
regime, climatic regime or food web structure), rather than based on which
species live in them.
The Global Ecosystem Typology has six levels. The top three levels
(realms, functional biomes, and ecosystem functional groups) classify
ecosystems based on their overall characteristics, such as their location,
dominant plant life, and ecological processes. The bottom three levels
(regional ecosystem subgroups, global ecosystem types, and subglobal
ecosystem types) focus on specific geographic variants within ecosystem
functional groups and complexes of organisms and their associated physical
environment, providing a more detailed understanding of particular
ecosystems.
The three lower levels of classification: biogeographic ecotypes, global
ecosystem types and subglobal ecosystem types are often already in use and
incorporated into policy infrastructure at national levels and can be
linked to these upper levels. This is crucial, as important conservation
action occurs at local levels, where most ecosystem-specific knowledge and
data reside.
This dataset focuses on the third level of the Global Ecosystem Typology:
Ecosystem Functional Group. A group of related ecosystems within a biome
that share common ecological drivers, which in turn promote similar biotic
traits that characterise the group. Derived from the top-down by
subdivision of biomes.
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license: license.id,
links: ee.standardLinks(subdir, id) + [
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