Enduring Features, Greater Muskwa-Kechika, BC

Jul 7, 2014 (Last modified Apr 16, 2020)
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The rich variety of life in the greater M-KMA ecosystem is shaped in large part by the variety of the physical landscape. The physical landscape includes topography (elevation, slope, and aspect), bedrock and surface geology, macro land form, and major aquatic elements—collectively called “enduring features”. It is the template upon which Earth’s living skin develops, and upon which organisms grow,diversify and combine, creating different ecosystems.

The enduring features model was developed to quantify landscape structure and support an assessment of the rarity and variety of physical signatures within the study area and its physiographic sub-provinces. Additional spatial analyses summarized the physical "skeleton" of each physiographic subprovince, or said differently the common physical signatures.
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Gregory Kehm, Dr. Jim Pojar
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May 2011, REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground.
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Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. 2012. Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Assessment, Summary Report. Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. Canmore, AB. Canada
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90 meter
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Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.
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physical rarity, british columbia, physical variety, enduring features, muskwa-kechika, physical diversity
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Gregory Kehm
Principal with Gregory Kehm Associates

Founded October 2010, Gregory Kehm Associates partners with organizations, governments and small business enterprises to support community-based decision making for watershed planning and natural resource management. Throughout our work we seek to integrate climate change adaptation strategies. Key...