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Palau historical vegetation cover

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posted on 2025-01-22, 02:21 authored by Julian T. Dendy, Paul Collins, Dino Mesubed, Susan Cordell, Christian P. Giardina, Amanda L. Uowolo, Akiko Iida
This data publication contains vegetative land cover spatial data for Babeldaob Island, Palau for the years of 1921, 1947, 1954, 1976, 1992, 2001, 2006, and 2014. Land cover data were digitized using a variety of historical sources such as topographic maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery. Land cover products included in this publication consist of: five (5) Esri geodatabases containing landcover classifications for 1921, 1954, 1976, 1992, and 2006; three (3) landcover image raster files for 2001, 2006, and 2014; and one (1) Esri geodatabase containing roads around Babeldaob Island, Palau.
These data were created to summarize historical vegetation cover change on Babeldaob Island, Palau.
These data were originally published on 1/21/2022. Minor metadata updates were made on 06/06/2022 to include citation for newly published article. For more information about these data, see Dendy et al. (2022).

Funding

USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

Julian Dendy

Data contact email

jdendy@hawaii.edu

Publisher

Forest Service Research Data Archive

Use limitations

These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation: Dendy, Julian T.; Collins, Paul; Mesubed, Dino; Cordell, Susan; Giardina, Christian P.; Uowolo, Amanda L.; Iida, Akiko. 2022. Palau historical vegetation cover. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0020

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Babeldaob Island, Palau

ISO Topic Category

  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • biota

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Forestry, Wildland Management

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:059 - Management Activities

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Identifier

RDS-2022-0020

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