USGS Home
Contact USGS
Search USGS
Science Topics
Maps, Imagery, and Publications
Hazards
Newsroom
Education
Jobs
Partnerships
Library
About USGS
Podcasts/RSS
You are here:
Topics
>
Population and community ecology
>
Ecosystems
Help
Terrestrial ecosystems
Communities of living organisms in a specific geographical location which exist primarily on land and not in water.
Subtopics:
Coastal ecosystems
(38 items)
Desert ecosystems
(11 items)
Forest ecosystems
(20 items)
Grassland ecosystems
(13 items)
Shrubland ecosystems
(5 items)
Tundra ecosystems
(1 items)
Island ecosystems
(1 items)
Related topics:
Ecology
Wetland ecosystems
Refine results by state:
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Results 1 - 10 of 87 listed by similarity [
list alphabetically
]
Biological resource status and trends: Terrestrial ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on terrestrial ecosystems
Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries
[
New Window
]
Updated summaries of research in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, on caribou, muskoxen, predators (grizzly bears, wolves, golden eagles), polar bears, snow geese and their wildlife habitats with maps of land-cover and vegetation.
Assessing rangelands
[
New Window
]
Fact sheet in Adobe PDF on assessing the health of rangeland by monitoring and inventory which can help land managers
Biological resource status and trends: Boreal forest ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on boreal forest ecosystems
Biological resource status and trends: Desert ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on desert ecosystems
Biological resource status and trends: Forest ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on Forest ecosystems
Biological resource status and trends: Grassland ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on Grassland ecosystems
Biological resource status and trends: Montane ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on montane ecosystems
Biological resource status and trends: Savanna ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on savanna ecosystems
Biological resource status and trends: Shrubland and steppe ecosystems
[
New Window
]
Information concerning status and trends of biological resources, focusing on shrubland and steppe ecosystems
Result pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
...
Next
Search USGS
Alphabetical Index of Topics
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
Find a topic in this index:
Assessing rangelands [New Window]
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey