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Saginaw Forest Ecological Communities

Shapefile of field measurement data from previous experiment. Bergen, K. Tyrell, J. Von Kluge, K. Zhang, Z. (2016). Land Cover/Land Use of the Universty of Michigan Forest Properties. School of Natural Resources and Environment. Environmental Spatial Anaysis Laboratory. Ann Arbor, MI.

Geographic Coordinate System: GCS North American 1983
Projected Coordinate System: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 16N

Location

Saginaw Forest
3900 W Liberty Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
United States
US

8 files in this archive

  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.CPG
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.dbf
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.prj
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.sbn
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.sbx
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.shp
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.shp.xml
  • SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc.shx
Variables
FID
  • Label: FID
  • Definition: unique identifier
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Shape
  • Label: Shape
  • Definition: Geometry type (e.g. "polygon")
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
OBJECTID
  • Label: OBJECTID
  • Definition: unique identifier from original data
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Shape_Length
  • Label: Shape_Length
  • Definition: Length of the shape (meters)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: meter
  • Maximum: 1213
  • Minimum: 117
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Shape_Area
  • Label: Shape_Area
  • Definition: Area of the shape (square meters)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: squareMeter
  • Maximum: 47425
  • Minimum: 625
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Group_Name
  • Label: Group_Name
  • Definition: Name of vegetation community group (e.g. "Broadleaf", Mixed broadleaf-conifer"...)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Community
  • Label: Community
  • Definition: Vegetation community (e.g. "Black locust, "American elm"...)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Methods: 

Method: Display each grouped polygon by its community group field in the SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc shapefile. Digital data by the McIntire-Stennis UM Forests project (K. Bergen, PI).
Method: Display each individual ecological community polygon in the SF_Communities_WR_2017_gc shapefile. Digital data created by the McIntire-Stennis UM Forests project (K. Bergen, PI).

Additional Information

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filesize18.82 KB
resource typefile upload
timestampFeb 19, 2020