mdg_poly:
WWF Biomes of Madagascar in Table Format
Description
A data.frame of a simplified version of the WWF biomes of Madagascar (simplified).
Usage
data("mdg_poly")
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 87 observations on the following 3 variables.
identifier
a factor with levels Dry ForestMoist ForestShrublands
XCOOR
a numeric vector
YCOOR
a numeric vector
References
Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powel, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., Damico, J. A.,Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., and Kassem, K.R. 2001 Terrestrial
ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on earth. BioScience, 51(11):933--938.