Vegetation cover types of UMBS
Vegetation cover types of UMBS
Abstract:
UMBS vegetation cover types as presented in Pearsall 1995. Cover type is defined as "percentage canopy coverage as interpreted from 1987 aerial photographs and 1991-1993 field reconnaissance. In forests, the cover is the dominant overstory tree community. In nonforested areas (marshes, shrub swamps, meadows, and disturbed sites) the cover is typically herbs and shrubs " - Pearsall 1995.
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Methods:
Digitized in CMAP by R. Vande Kopple on the CalComp using map of Pearsall 1995. See attached metadata file for variable information and Pearsall 1995 for exhaustive account of materials and methods.
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2010-07-16
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Publications
- . 1995 . Landscape ecosystems of the University of Michigan Biological Station: ecosystem diversity and ground-cover diversity . School of Natural Resources and Environment
- . 1995 . Using the landscape ecosystem approach to assess species and ecosystem diversity . Conservation Biology
- . 1993 . Ecological classification and analysis of the wetland ecosystems of the University of Michigan Biological Station, northern lower Michigan . School of Natural Resources and Environment
- . 1990 . The landscape ecosystem groups of the University of Michigan Biological Station: classification, mapping, and analysis of ecological diversity . School of Natural Resources and Environment