Experimental Forests & Ranges

Geospatial Data Links

Geographic Context of Experimental Forests and Ranges – What Do They Sample?

• The Lugo et al. (2006, PDF, 10pp) BioScience paper provides an overview of the system of Experimental Forests and Ranges, and that paper is supported by the following vegetation maps and locations and distributions of sites within these classification systems:
• • Analytical Methods, Tables (MS Excel spreadsheet)
  • Bailey Ecoregions (PDF)
  • Holdridge Life Zones (PDF)
  • Forest Types (PDF)

General Sources of Spatial Information

• National Atlas
  http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
• National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
  http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html
• Ecoregions
  Bailey: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/cdroms/ged_iib/datasets/
  b03/bec.htm
• Kuchler Vegetation Types
  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/cdroms/ged_iib/datasets/
  b13/ek.htm

Maps

• Interactive EFR Google Map - Prototype
  Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California