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Since the late 1990s, NatureServe scientists have led efforts to develop internationally standardized classifications for terrestrial ecosystems — mid-scale ecological units useful for standardized mapping and conservation assessments of habitat diversity and landscape conditions. Each system encompasses complexes of plant communities influenced by similar physical environments and dynamic ecological processes (like fire or flooding). These commonly provide the focus for ecological assessment, planning, and monitoring. The classification’s more than 800 ecosystem units defined for the United States and adjacent Canada provide an effective means of mapping ecological concepts nationwide in greater detail than previously thought. NatureServe ecological system units have provided the basis for map legends for several national efforts like the USGS Gap Analysis Program and LANDFIRE.
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