Some indices listed below, for example m –the average minimum temperature of the coldest month, are not specified in the text but are needed to calculate the indices that are described in the text.
The dataset delineates ecological zones within California deserts. We derived ecological zones by reclassifying LANDFIRE vegetation biophysical setting types, plus...
Ecoregions by state were extracted from the seamless national shapefile. Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and...
While larger areas are summarised in the natural structure, the ecological spatial division distinguishes smaller units with similar location conditions, such as relief, geology, soil and vegetation.