Formations which occupy corresponding physiographic unit-areas in climatically different regions, however, might be referred to a common physiographic formation-type. Thus a rock ravine formation in the Arizona mountains and one in Connecticut might both be referred to the rock ravine formation-type.
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formation-typeFormationstyp (ger.)
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The type of formation, characterised by the same dominant life forms, common to all the formations developed in similar climates throughout the world. (Tansley 1939)
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Nichols, G.E. (1923). A working basis for the ecological classification of plant communities. Ecology 4, 154-179: 165.
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The type of formation, characterized by the same dominant life forms, common to all the formations developed in similar climates throughout the world we designate a climatic formation-type. A climatic formation-type may equally well be called a climatic climax type of vegetation. Thus we have the formation-type of equatorial rain-forest, and the formation-type of summer deciduous forest
Tansley, A.G. (1939). The British Islands and their Vegetation: 229.