This data set contains spatial data with biogeographical division of the Czech Republic. This division was elaborated initially for purposes of national and supra-national Ecological Networks. It has its own hierarchy, consisting of both individual and typological biogeographical units. Higher units (biogeographical province, subprovince, and bioregion) are of individual character. Within the territory of the Czech Republic, two biogeographical provinces, four biogeographical subprovinces and 94 biogeographical regions have been distinguished. Hierarchically lower biogeographical units (biochores, group of geobiocoene types) have typological character; their characteristics in English are intended to be published later. All of the biogeographical units - with the exception of the group of geobiocoene types - are elaborated in maps of scale 1:50 000 and are included in this data set.
Sources:
- CULEK, M. et al. (1996). Biogeografické členění České republiky. Praha: Enigma. 347 s. ISBN 80-85368-80-3.
- CULEK, M. et al. (2005). Biogeografické členění České republiky: II. díl. Vydání 1. Praha: AOPK ČR. 590 s., 1 CD. ISBN 80-86064-82-4.
- CULEK, M. et al. (2013). Biogeografické regiony České republiky. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 447 s., 1 mapa. ISBN 978-80-210-6693-9.
This division was elaborated initially for purposes of national and supra-national Ecological Networks.