| Abstract: | The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Vegetation Subcommittee, the Ecological Society of America Panel on Vegetation Classification, and NatureServe have worked together to develop the United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC). The current standard was accepted in 2008 and fosters consistency across Federal agencies and non-federal partners for the description of each vegetation concept and its hierarchical classification. The USNVC is structured as a dynamic standard, where changes to types at any level may be proposed at any time as new information comes in. But, because much information already exists from previous work, the NVC partners first established methods for screening existing types to determine their acceptability with respect to the 2008 standard. Current efforts include a screening process to assign confidence to Association and Group level descriptions, and a review of the upper three levels of the classification. For the upper levels especially, the expectation is that the review process includes international scientists. Immediate future efforts include the review of remaining levels and the development of a proposal review process. |
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| Citation Author: | Franklin, S. B.; Faber-Langendoen, D. ; Jennings, M. ; Keeler-Wolf, T. ; Loucks, O. ; Peet, R. ; Roberts, D. ; McKerrow, A. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Annali di Botanica - Coenology and Plant Ecology |
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| Citation Publisher: | Department of Environmental Biology - University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Building the United States National Vegetation Classification; 2012; Article; Journal; Annali di Botanica - Coenology and Plant Ecology; Franklin, S. B.; Faber-Langendoen, D. ; Jennings, M. ; Keeler-Wolf, T. ; Loucks, O. ; Peet, R. ; Roberts, D. ; McKerrow, A. |
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| Citation Volume: | 2012 |
| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Building the United States National Vegetation Classification; 2012; Article; Journal; Annali di Botanica - Coenology and Plant Ecology; Franklin, S. B.; Faber-Langendoen, D. ; Jennings, M. ; Keeler-Wolf, T. ; Loucks, O. ; Peet, R. ; Roberts, D. ; McKerrow, A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/Annalidibotanica/article/view/9261 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Department of Environmental Biology - University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy |
