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Vegetation Frequently Asked Questions (Score: 3.000)

Bird Point Count Database Perform custom searches for bird count and bird habitat data or enter your bird count and vegetation data. (Score: 0.811)

Changing patterns in the number of species in North American floras A chapter of the publication: Land Use History of North America on general patterns of plant species diversity in North America that shows how these patterns have changed over time. (Score: 0.811)

Biological characterization Homepage for biological characterization activities with links to: Gap Analysis Program, Vegetation Mapping Programs, Land Use History of North America, and Integrated Taxonomic Information System. (Score: 0.690)

Born of fire: restoring sagebrush steppe (Score: 0.690)

Digital representation of tree species range maps from Atlas of United States trees by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications) Maps of the ranges of tree species in North America compiled by Elbert Little and others were digitized for use in USGS vegetation-climate modeling studies. Can be downloaded as ArcView shapefiles and in PDF graphic files. (Score: 0.690)

Fire fuel mapping - satellite mapping of vegetation parameters for national fire fuels assessment Overview of program to improve vegetation mapping techniques and the development of large-area vegetation datasets for fire fuels estimates to support firefighting preparedness, to reduce hazards, and to assess fire effects on ecoystems. (Score: 0.690)

Gap analysis: a geographic approach to planning for biological diversity Gap Analysis Program(GAP)is a cooperative program to gather national information about biological diversity by mapping vegetation (habitat types) and distribution of vertebrates to develop a framework for ecosystem management. (Score: 0.690)

National land cover characterization Homepage for the National Land Cover Data (NLCD), a land cover classification scheme, for the the United States based on data derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite data. Includes links to description, products, accuracy, and program partners. (Score: 0.690)

Overview of the greenness of the conterminous U.S. Site to learn about, view, and order digital image vegetation condition (greenness) maps of the conterminous U.S. based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) with imagery from Advanced High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). (Score: 0.690)

Standardized National Vegetation Classification System Document on the National Vegetation Classification Standard with information on applications, background, development, characteristics, nomenclature standards, relationship to other classifications, and how to do vegetation mapping. (Score: 0.690)

USGS-National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Program The USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program is a cooperative effort with the National Park Service (NPS) to classify, describe, and map vegetation communities in over 270 U.S. national park units with links to overview, standards, products, and applications. (Score: 0.690)

Vegetation Subcommittee Federal Geographic Data Committee (Score: 0.690)

Wetlands Ecology Branch, National Wetlands Research Center Information on the NWRC Wetlands Ecology Brnach which conducts research related to sustainable management and restoration of the nations coastal saltwater wetlands, freshwater wetlands, submerged aquatic ecosystems, and coastal prairie. (Score: 0.690)

Landscape changes in the southwestern United States: techniques, long-term data sets, and trends This study illustrates some approaches for reconstructing landscape change. (Score: 0.552)

Historical landcover changes in the Great Lakes region Results of a study that provides a regional vegetation history of the Great Lakes area during the last 150 years compared to the preceding 1,000 years. (Score: 0.547)

River inventory and monitoring Links to science programs on upper Midwest river inventory and monitoring with links to databases on macroinvertebrates, fisheries, vegetation, water quality, bathymetry, floodplain forest, wildlife, sediment, contaminants and nutrients. (Score: 0.541)

Presettlement and contemporary vegetation patterns along two navigation reaches of the Upper Mississippi River Study to reconstruct presettlement vegetation patterns along two navigation reaches of the Upper Mississippi. (Score: 0.535)

California The USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program is a cooperative effort with the National Park Service (NPS) to classify, describe, and map vegetation communities in over 270 U.S. national park units with links to overview, standards, products, and applications. (Score: 0.522)

Pacific Northwest Information Node Pacific Northwest Information Node is a regional information network of the National Biological Information Infrastructure intended to provide access to information and services relevant to forest resources in the Pacific Northwest. (Score: 0.522)

SAGEMAP: a web-based spatial dataset for sage grouse and sagebrush steppe management in the Intermountain West Links to factsheet describing the database of spatial information on sage grouse and sagebrush habitats. (Score: 0.509)

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Definition: Plants of an area or a region. [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]