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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

Other Subject Keywords

wildfire regimes, deserts

Place Keywords

Colorado Desert, California, Great Basin, Sonoran Desert, Mono, Mojave Desert

Ecological zones of California deserts

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.

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Author(s) Matthew L Brooks orcid, John R Matchett orcid
Publication Date 2016-12-15
Beginning Date of Data 2016-12-15
Ending Date of Data 2016-12-15
Data Contact
John R. Matchett
DOI http://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00MP
Citation Brooks, M.L., and Matchett, J.R., 2016, Ecological zones of California deserts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00MP.
Metadata Contact
John R. Matchett
Metadata Date 2020-08-30
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