Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids, v1 (2005 – 2007)
Purpose:
To provide provide information on the number of bird species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.
Abstract:
The Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids of the Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1 are the aggregations of the Presence Grids data at the family level. They are available in 30-arc second (1 kilometer) resolutions. The cell values represent the number of species in a particular family. The input vector layers were produced by a consortium led by NatureServe. The gridding and grid processing are done by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Recommended Citation:
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and NatureServe.
2008.
Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1: Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids.
Palisades,
NY:
NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/species-v1-americas-bird-family-richness. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR.