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Jan 2006

Biotic Communities of the Southwest GIS Layer

List, M.
Southwest Regional
Abstract

TNC developed a digital version for the whole of David E. Brown and Charles H. Lowe’s 1981 map. Previously, GIS representations of this map were only available for its Arizona and New Mexico portions. Users: please note the relatively coarse source scale of the paper map (1:1,000,000) when using this digital version for analyses. The color scheme matches familiar color scheme of the paper map.

Download the shapefile here

Available as a Feature Service. To use this feature service in ArcGIS Pro:

  1. On the Map tab, in the Layer group, click the Add Data drop-down arrow.
  2. Click Data From Path. The Add Data From Path dialog box appears.
  3. Copy this URL HERE  (Right-click and choose Copy link address)
  4. Paste the URL in the Add Data From Path dialog box.
  5. Click Add

View an interactive map of this data  here

Links
Download the Southwest Biotic Communities shapefile
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