Hawaiian Forest Bird Survey Vegetation Maps for Four Islands
In 1976-1983, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted systematic surveys of forest birds and plant communities on all of the main Hawaiian Islands as part of the Hawaiian Forest Bird Surveys (HFBS; Scott et al. 1986). Results of this monumental effort have guided conservation efforts and provided the basis for many plant and bird recovery plans and land acquisition decisions in Hawaii during the past several decades.
This part of the data release (DR) contains vegetation survey maps of the upland plant communities on four of the main Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi). For each of these four islands, the maps contain polygons of generalized vegetation classes (known as Level 2 data). Additionally, the island of Hawaiʻi contains a detailed level of vegetation classification (known as Level 1 data). These maps, stored in shapefile format, complement the bird survey data found in the accompanying part of this DR.
References:
Scott, J.M., S. Mountainspring, F.L. Ramsey, and C.B. Kepler. 1986. Forest bird communities of the Hawaiian Islands: their dynamics, ecology, and conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 9:1-431)
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