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Climate Systems and ClimateCoCnhtaenngtes xvii
crItIcAl thInkIng 20.1 Reality Check 647 crItIcAl thInkIng 20.2 Tropical Forests: A Global
or Local Resource? 651
crItIcAl thInkIng 20.3 A Shifting-Climate
Hypothetical 662
THEhumanDEnOMinATOR20: anthropogenic Environments
AQuantitativeSOLUTiOn: Species richness, Diversity, and Similarity 667
GEOreports: 5 REPORTS
666
Appendix A Maps in This Text and Topographic Maps A-1
Appendix B The 12 Soil Orders of the U.S. Soil Taxonomy A-6
Appendix c The Köppen Climate Classification System A-10
Appendix d Common Conversions A-13 glossary g-1
Index I-1
