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    The Holdridge life zones system is a global bioclimatic scheme for the classification of land areas. It was first published by Leslie Holdridge in 1947...
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  • There are 14 Holdridge life zones in Guatemala: Melgar, William (2003). "Características socio-económicas y ecológicas de Guatemala". Estado de la diversidad...
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  • these temperatures. Holdridge's system uses biotemperature first, rather than the temperate latitude bias of Merriam's life zones, and does not primarily...
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    His scheme can be seen as a simplification of Holdridge's; more readily accessible, but missing Holdridge's greater specificity. Whittaker based his approach...
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    has a mean temperature higher than 10 °C (50 °F). According to the Holdridge life zone system, there are two mountain climates which prevent tree growth :...
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    L.; Dodson, Rusty; Smith, Tom S.; Shugart, Hank H. (1999). "The Holdridge Life Zones of the conterminous United States in relation to ecosystem mapping"...
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    classification – most widely used in the 1954 Köppen–Geiger variant Holdridge life zone classification – relatively simple Lauer climate classification Strahler...
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    L.; Dodson, Rusty; Smith, Tom S.; Shugart, Hank H. (1999). "The Holdridge Life Zones of the conterminous United States in relation to ecosystem mapping"...
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    Nikolaevsk is in the boreal wet forest biome, according to the Holdridge life zones system. Nikolaevsk features a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) with...
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    contributes to being in the Tropical Thorn Woodlands biome under the Holdridge Life Zones classification. Occasionally, flooding can pose a major risk in the...
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