National Park Service vegetation inventory program: Buffalo National River, Arkansas
Hop K, Lubinski S, Dieck J, White R, Pyne M, Foti T. 2012. National Park Service vegetation inventory program: Buffalo National River, Arkansas. Natural Resource Report. NPS/HTLN/NRR—2012/526. National Park Service
Between 2004 and 2012, photointerpreters, ecologists and botanists collaborated to identify and describe vegetation types within the National Vegetation Classification Standard creating a vegetation map for Buffalo National River, Arkansas A total of 29 map classes were developed and mapped: 26 map classes were natural/semi-natural vegetation types, one map class represents cultural vegetation and two map classes represent non-vegetation features (e.g., open water). A thematic AA study was conducted of map classes representing natural/semi-natural types in the NVCS. Results present an overall accuracy of 78.9% (kappa index of 77.3%) based on data from 889 of the 891 AA sites. Most individual map-class themes exceed the NPS VIP standard of 80% with a 90% confidence interval. The BUFF vegetation mapping project delivers many geospatial and vegetation data products in hardcopy and digital formats. These products consist of an in-depth project report discussing methods and results, which include descriptions and a dichotomous key to vegetation types, map classification and map-class descriptions, and a contingency table showing AA results. The suite of products also includes ground photos of vegetation types; a database of vegetation plots and AA sites; field data sheets; aerial photographic prints and images; hardcopy and digital maps; and a geodatabase of vegetation types (map layer), fieldwork locations (vegetation plots and AA sites), aerial photographic indexes, a project boundary, and metadata. All geospatial products are projected in Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 15, by using the North American Datum of 1983.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hop, Kevin; Lubinski, Susan; Dieck, Jennifer; White, Rickie; Pyne, Milo; Foti, Tom
- Date of Issue
- 2012-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BUFF , HTLN , NRSS
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, Biota, Digital Spatial Database, Field Data, GIS, GPS, HTLN Inventory Plant Communities, International Vegetation Classification, National Park, National Park Service, National Vegetation Classification Standard, National Vegetation Classification System, NPS, NVCS, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, US Geological Survey, USA, USGS, USNVC, veg map, veg plots, Vegetation, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation Map, Vegetation Plots, Zion National Park