Ecological zones of California deserts
Description
The dataset delineates ecological zones within California deserts. We derived ecological zones by reclassifying LANDFIRE vegetation biophysical setting types, plus defined various non-wildland (e.g. developed urban/agriculture/roads) and non-burnable (e.g. open water/barren) areas using LANDFIRE existing vegetation types. The 43 biophysical setting types present within the study area were grouped into 13 general vegetation types, which were further grouped into 4 elevation-based ecological zones plus one riparian zone according to their constituent plant associations.
Resources
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Description |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.584af1dfe4b07e29c706de3b.xml |
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Landing page for access to the data |
http://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00MP |
Tags
- great-basin
- mojave-desert
- sonoran-desert
- mono
- california
- colorado-desert
- usgs-584af1dfe4b07e29c706de3b
- wildfire-regimes
- deserts