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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

ISO 19115 Topic Category

biota

Other Subject Keywords

vegetation alliances, special features, California plants, California vegetation, Mojave vegetation, Mojave plants, vegetation, arid lands, National Vegetation Classification

Place Keywords

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, North America, Desert southwest, Death Valley National Park, Ft. Irwin Military Reservation, southern California, California, Mojave Desert, Mojave National Preserve, China Lake Naval Weapons Center, United States

Central Mojave Desert Vegetation Mapping Project, California, 1997-1999: Field Data

The Mojave Vegetation field data were collected to provide context for the classification of the Central Mojave Desert into various vegetation classes. The field data consist of five CSV tables, recovered from their original Microsoft Access format, that together describe the vegetative, environmental and geomorphic properties of the Central Mojave Desert at the time of collection, 1997-1999. The portion of the study’s field data preserved in this release consists of observations made at the 1,219 points included in the plots points shapefile (plots_points.shp) found on the Plots Points and Photographs ScienceBase page. The field measurements (described here) and photographs (described in the Plots Points and Photographs metadata record) contributed to the creation of the Mojave Vegetation Polygons classification and the Mojave Special Features classification, two additional pieces of this data release. The metadata record (Mojave-Vegetation-Mapping_Field-Data-Metadata.xml) and tabular field data (5 CSV files, Field_Data.zip) are available as attachments on the Field Data ScienceBase item.

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Author(s) Cristiana I Falvo orcid, Tara M Bell orcid, USGS Southwest Biological, Anthony L Everette orcid, Kyle D Enns orcid, Kathryn A Thomas orcid
Publication Date 2018
Beginning Date of Data 1997
Ending Date of Data 1999
Data Contact
Kathryn A. Thomas
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OUBE6T
Citation Falvo, C.I., Bell, T.M., Biological, U.S., Everette, A.L., Enns, K.D., and Thomas, K.A., 2018, Central Mojave Desert Vegetation Mapping Project, California, 1997-1999: Field Data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OUBE6T.
Metadata Contact
Cristiana I Falvo
Metadata Date 2022-09-23
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License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
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