Terrestrial Ecosystem Core Areas, Unstratified, Northeast U.S.
type: Dataset
description: The set of terrestrial ecosystem core areas (unstratified) is one of two versions of terrestrial and wetland core areas that are part of a suite of products from the Nature’s Network project (naturesnetwork.org). Nature’s Network is a collaborative effort to identify shared priorities for conservation in the Northeast, considering the value of fish and wildlife species and the natural areas they inhabit. While the other version of terrestrial cores (Terrestrial Core-Connector Network, Northeast U.S.) is considered by the planning team to be the primary version for users, this version is also made available for reference and use. A number of additional datasets are also available in the Nature’s Network gallery: https://nalcc.databasin.org/galleries/8f4dfe780c444634a45ee4acc930a055. A detailed technical guide to the terrestrial ecosystem cores is available at: http://jamba.provost.ads.umass.edu/web/lcc/DSL_documentation_tEcoCoreNE.pdf. Terrestrial and wetland core areas are intact, well-connected places that, if protected, will support a diversity of fish, wildlife, and plants, and the ecosystems they depend upon. Each core area contains important or unique features, including intact, resilient examples of each major ecosystem type in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Core areas contain widespread ecosystems, such as hardwood forests, rare natural communities, such as bogs, and important habitat for a variety of fish, wildlife, and plants. By design, this set of core areas encompasses approximately 20% of the landscape of the region. The major differences between this “unstratified” version and the other version of core areas (Terrestrial Core-Connector Network, Northeast U.S.) are: 1) this version comprises 20% of the landscape rather than 25%; 2) this version does not use habitat for representative wildlife species to identify core areas; 3) the ecosystem components are not stratified by HUC6 watershed in identifying the areas of highest integrity and resilience for …
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spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
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keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ckan
keyword: conservation
keyword: cores
keyword: ecological-integrity
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: northeast-conservation-priorities
keyword: resilience
keyword: terrestrial-core-areas
keyword: united-states
theme: {geospatial}

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US Migrating
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