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EASE (Essential Annotation Schema for Ecology)
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Add documentation for latitudinal zones #86

Closed cpfaff closed 8 years ago

cpfaff commented 8 years ago

The definition for boreal zone I am not happy with at the moment. Could you jump in @EichenbergBEF and provide an appropriate one? Here is the old:

The boreal zone also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a
zone characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of
pines, spruces and larches (wikipedia, modified,
https://goo.gl/pzYfxa)

The other definitions are rather based on certain fixed locations like the one for example here for temperate zone

In geography, temperate latitudes of the Earth lie between the
subtropics and the polar circles. Average yearly temperatures in
these regions are not extreme, not burning hot nor freezing cold.
Temperate means moderate (wikipedia, https://goo.gl/sBiUgT)
cpfaff commented 8 years ago

Ok that example actually picked one that I am also not fully happy with but see that one here for a reference.

cpfaff commented 8 years ago 
The polar regions of Earth, also known as Earth's frigid zones, are
the regions of Earth surrounding its geographical poles (the North
and South Poles). These regions are dominated by Earth's polar ice
caps, the northern resting on the Arctic Ocean and the southern on
the continent of Antarctica (wikipedia, https://goo.gl/UnBYSz).