Map Layer Info
| Bailey's Ecoregions and Subregions of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands | |
What this map layer shows: Ecoregions defined by common climatic and vegetation characteristics, shown as domains, divisions, provinces and sections. |
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The purpose of ecological land classification is to provide information for both the development of resources and the conservation of the environment. Government and private land managers use this information to estimate ecosystem productivity, to determine probable responses to land management practices, and to address environmental issues over large areas, such as air pollution, forest disease, or threats to biodiversity. This map layer was compiled by the USDA Forest Service. The Bailey's Ecoregions and Subregions of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands map layer shows the ecoregion domains, divisions, provinces, and sections for this area. Further information on domains, divisions, and provinces is available from the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station page describing Ecoregions of the United States, and detailed information on sections is available through the USDA Forest Service page, Ecological Subregions of the United States. The National Atlas also includes a map layer showing Omernik's Level III Ecoregions, which are defined by a wide variety of characteristics, including vegetation, animal life, geology, soils, water, climate, and human land use, as well as other living and non-living ecosystem components. |
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