Sorry to take so long to chime in on
resources for habitat classifications. Alexa McKerrow of the US Gap Analysis
Program (GAP) suggests that the United States National Vegetation Classification
(USNVC) website (http://usnvc.org)
may also be useful, and also NatureServe's discussion of the IVC (International
Vegetation Classification) at http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/classeco.htm
and elsewhere.
Also FYI, GAP used the Ecological Systems
classification as a basis for a map legend, but they are working towards
the USNVC as the standard. It is hierarchical and the crosswalk standard
for US federal programs.
Annie Simpson
US Geological Survey
Core Science Systems
Mailstop 302
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192
From:
Robert Stevenson <robert.stevenson@umb.edu>
To:
Tony.Rees@csiro.au
Cc:
tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org
Date:
03/17/2011 08:30 AM
Subject:
Re: [tdwg-content] FW: Habitat classifications?
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Tony,
Here are a couple of more schemes and ideas from the US to consider
On 3/16/11 11:26 PM, Tony.Rees@csiro.au wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting - below is a message I just sent to the
TAXACOM list, but if there are TDWG persons not on TAXACOM who have not
seen it and may have useful information, I'd be happy to receive it.
>
> Regards - Tony
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: taxacom-bounces@mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
>> bounces@mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Tony.Rees@csiro.au
>> Sent: Thursday, 17 March 2011 2:22 PM
>> To: Taxacom@mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>> Subject: [ExternalEmail] [Taxacom] Habitat classifications?
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am interested in extending the habitat classification presently
used in
>> my IRMNG genera and species database from the present "very
basic"
>> (marine/nonmarine/both) to something a bit more detailed - maybe
marine,
>> freshwater, terrestrial with up to perhaps a dozen or so subcategories
of
>> each, as appropriate (e.g. end up with a little nested hierarchy
of maybe
>> 30-50 terms total).
>>
>> So, I am looking for suggestions of such classifications as may
already be
>> in use in order to either pick one up more or less unchanged,
or develop
>> something with the best features of several. For example I am
familiar
>> with the following off the top of my head:
>>
>> http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/SyntaxHabitat.htm
- 23 terms, coverage a bit
>> uneven
>>
>> http://mave.tweakdsl.nl/tn/syntax.html
- scroll down to the section headed
>> "% HABITAT" -- 56 terms, looks quite useable.
>>
>> Something like the EUNIS classification e.g. as accessible via
>>
>> http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats-code-browser.jsp
possibly gets too
>> detailed too quickly at this time for my needs, but you never
know what
>> may end up being of value.
>>
>> If list persons can point me at any other resources worth looking
at, or
>> comment on details of the above, I would be very appreciative.
It also
>> occurs to me that some people may have been through this exercise
>> previously, e.g. for "species / structured descriptive data"
purposes, so
>> any pointers to the results of those deliberations would also
be useful.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Tony Rees
>> Manager, Divisional Data Centre,
>> CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research,
>> GPO Box 1538,
>> Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
>> Ph: 0362 325318 (Int: +61 362 325318)
>> Fax: 0362 325000 (Int: +61 362 325000)
>> e-mail: Tony.Rees@csiro.au
>> Manager, OBIS Australia regional node, http://www.obis.org.au/
>> Biodiversity informatics research activities:
>> http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/biodiversity.htm
>> Personal info:
>> http://www.fishbase.org/collaborators/collaboratorsummary.cfm?id=1566
>>
>>
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