Ecologically Relevant Landforms for Santa Barbara County, California

Sep 13, 2016 (Last modified Jan 22, 2021)
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Ecologically Relevant Landforms, Santa Barbara County, California.

The ecologically-relevant geophysical (ERGo) landforms dataset is a comprehensive classification of landforms based on hillslope position and dominant physical processes that covers most of North America. Four hillslope positions form a natural sequence of topographic units along the catena: ridges/peaks (summits), upper slopes (shoulders), lower slopes (foot slopes), and valley bottoms (toe slopes). The position within each of these hillslopes as a function of solar orientation to reflect how ecological processes (especially soil moisture and evapotranspiration) are influenced by insolation. Also included are areas that are very flat (i.e. areas <2°) and very steep (i.e. “cliffs” >50°).

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Paper on the data available here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0143619

This dataset was clipped to a buffered boundary of Santa Barbara County.

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Theobald DM, Harrison-Atlas D, Monahan WB, Albano CM
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Theobald DM, Harrison-Atlas D, Monahan WB, Albano CM. 2015. Ecologically-relevant maps of landforms and physiographic diversity for climate adaptation planning. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143619
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30m
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Conservation Science Partners
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santa barbara, elu, california, enduring features
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