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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 Forest Moist Forest Shrublands
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.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/terrestrial-ecoregions-of-the-world

Examples

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data(mdg_poly)
str(mdg_poly)

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