Land-Cover Trends of the Southern California Mountains Ecoregion
Scientific Investigations Report
2007-5235
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Abstract
This report presents an assessment of land-use and land-cover (LU/LC) change in the Southern California Mountains ecoregion for the period 1973-2001. The Southern California Mountains is one of 84 Level-III ecoregions as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ecoregions have served as a spatial framework for environmental resource management, denoting areas that contain a geographically distinct assemblage of biotic and abiotic phenomena including geology, physiography, vegetation, climate, soils, land use, wildlife, and hydrology. The established Land Cover Trends methodology generates estimates of change for ecoregions using a probability sampling approach and change-detection analysis of thematic land-cover images derived from Landsat satellite imagery.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Land-Cover Trends of the Southern California Mountains Ecoregion |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2007-5235 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20075235 |
| Edition | Version 1.0 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program |
| Description | iv, 18 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
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