14 Class - Canadian Ecological Domain Classification from Satellite Data.
14 Class - Canadian Ecological Domain Classification from Satellite Data. Satellite derived data including 1) topography, 2) landscape productivity based on photosynthetic activity, and 3) land cover were used as inputs to create an environmental regionalization of the over 10 million km2 of Canada’s terrestrial land base. The outcomes of this clustering consists of three main outputs. An initial clustering of 100 classes was generated using a two-stage multivariate classification process. Next, an agglomerative hierarchy using a log-likelihood distance measure was applied to create a 40 and then a 14 class regionalization, aimed to meaningfully group ecologically similar components of Canada's terrestrial landscape. For more information (including a graphical illustration of the cluster hierarchy) and to cite this data please use: Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Iwanicka, D. 2009. An environmental domain classification of Canada using earth observation data for biodiversity assessment. Ecological Informatics, Vol. 4, No. 1, Pp. 8-22, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.09.005. ( Coops et al. 2009).
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Natural Resources Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Satellite Forest Information for Canada (English)HTMLEnglish application HTML
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Satellite Forest Information for Canada (French)HTMLFrench application HTML
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ecoDomain14WMSFrench web_service WMS
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CA_EcozoneDomain.zipZIPNo linguistic content; Not applicable dataset ZIP
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ecoDomain14WMSEnglish web_service WMS
Geographic Information
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Contact Information
Delivery Point: 506 Burnside Road West
City: Victoria
Administrative Area: British Columbia
Postal Code: V8R 2E4
Country: Canada
Electronic Mail Address: mike.wulder@canada.ca