Bailey Ecoregions of the Continents (reprojected)

Principal Investigators:

Dr. Robert G. Bailey
USDA Forest Service

Summary:

Ecoregions of the Continents characterizes global potential natural vegetation at approximately 1/2-degree resolution. The dataset is based on a Russian vegetation map (Gerasimov, 1964) which was updated by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Robert C. Bailey), however the geographic projection was unknown. This version was reprojected to geodetic coordinates at the World Conservation Monitoring Center, England.

Dataset Description
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Dataset Element Descriptions
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Technical Report

Primary References:

Bailey, R.G. and H.C. Hogg, 1986. A world ecoregions map for resource reporting. Environmental Conservation, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 195-202.

Bailey, R.G. 1989. Explanatory supplement to Ecoregions Map of the Continents. Environmental Conservation, vol. 16, no. 4, pp 307-309.