Vegetation of Shenandoah National Park in Relation to Environmental Gradients, Version 1.1
Young J, Fleming G, Townsend P, Foster J. 2006. Vegetation of Shenandoah National Park in Relation to Environmental Gradients, Version 1.1. USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
This report documents the results of a four year research project to assess and map vegetation communities of Shenandoah National Park. The project was a collaborative effort between Shenandoah National Park, the US Geological Survey-Leetown Science Center, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation-Division of Natural Heritage, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science-Appalachian Laboratory, and NatureServe. While set up as a research project rather than strictly a mapping effort, the result of the project is a new map of vegetation distribution in Shenandoah National Park based on U.S. National Vegetation Classification System standards. Additional products include a classification scheme of vegetation communities in the Park based on field sampling of 311 vegetation plots, maps of landforms, ecological land units, and environmental gradients, and an assessment of the relationship between vegetation community distribution and environmental gradients. Additionally we tested the capability of mapping vegetation communities using hyperspectral remote sensing, environmental gradient maps, and statistical modeling.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Young, John; Fleming, Gary; Townsend, Phil; Foster, Jane
- Date of Issue
- 2006-11
- Publisher
- USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
- Units
- SHEN
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, AVIRIS hyperspectral sensor, Classification, Community, Distribution (Biodiversity), environmental gradient, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geology, Mapping, Presence (Biodiversity), Shenandoah National Park, Taxa List Only, Vegetation