R/BBS_PA_combo_cover_1km.R

In brouwern/wildlifeR: Wildlife biology and animal ecology datasets with example analyses.

#' Combinations of NLCD land cover classes into more general groups for Pennsylvania, USA.
#'
#' Landcover within a 1km buffer of Pennsylvania BBS routes.  Original cover
#' classes combined into overarching groups.  Original data
#' from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
#' https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/national-land-cover-database-nlcd-land-cover-collection
#' The data were taken from the 2006 NLCD dataset.
#'
#' @format A data frame...
#' \describe{
#'   \item{Route}{BBS route number}
#'   \item{BCR}{Bird Conservation Region}
#'   \item{State}{State}
#'   \item{route_name}{Route name.  Originally RT..NAME}
#'   \item{route_length}{length of route.  Originally RT.LENG}
#'   \item{open_H2O}{NLCD.11}
#'   \item{developed}{NLCD.21,22,23,24}
#'   \item{forest}{NLCD.41,42,43}
#'   \item{grassland}{NLCD.71}
#'   \item{pasture}{NLCD.81}
#'   \item{crops}{NLCD.82}
#'   \item{wetlands}{NLCD.90,95}
#'   \item{cov_sum}{total landcover accross all variables, not just those in the combined class.  Orginally SUM}
#'  }
#'
#' @source \url{https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Paper_Data_Paper/3554424}
#'
#'
#' @references Small et al. 2016.  Data Paper: Local landscape composition and configuration around North American Breeding Bird Survey routes.
#' See also: http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E093/215/

"BBS_PA_combo_cover_1km"