oregon.bird.dist: Presence/Absence of Bird Species in Oregon, USA

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Presence/Absence of Bird Species in Oregon, USA

Description

Binary matrix (1 = present) for distributions of 248 native breeding bird species for 389 grid cells in Oregon, USA.

Usage

data (oregon.bird.dist)

Format

A data frame with 389 rows and 248 columns.

Details

Row names are hexagon identifiers from White et al. (1992). Column names are species element codes developed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Oregon Natural Heritage Program (ONHP), and NatureServe.

Source

Denis White

References

Master, L. (1996) Predicting distributions for vertebrate species: some observations, Gap Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Biodiversity Planning, Scott, J.M., Tear, T.H., and Davis, F.W., editors, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, pp. 171-176.

White, D., Preston, E.M., Freemark, K.E., Kiester, A.R. (1999) A hierarchical framework for conserving biodiversity, Landscape ecological analysis: issues and applications, Klopatek, J.M., Gardner, R.H., editors, Springer-Verlag, pp. 127-153.

White, D., Kimerling, A.J., Overton, W.S. (1992) Cartographic and geometric components of a global sampling design for environmental monitoring, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 19(1), 5-22.

TNC, https://www.nature.org/en-us/

ONHP, https://inr.oregonstate.edu/orbic/

NatureServe, https://www.natureserve.org/

See Also

oregon.env.vars, oregon.bird.names, oregon.grid, oregon.border

maptree documentation built on April 6, 2022, 5:09 p.m.