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Names of the 38 classes defined with the Holdridge system
Description
holdridgeClasses is a character vector naming, from left to right,
top to bottom, the 38 classes defined by the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
Usage
holdridgeClasses
holdridgeLifeZones
holdridgeLifeZonesUp
holdridgeClassesUp
Format
An object of class character of length 38.
An object of class character of length 33.
An object of class character of length 33.
An object of class character of length 38.
Details
holdridgeLifeZones is a character vector naming, from left to right,
top to bottom, the 38 cells of the Holdridge classification plot.
holdridgeClassesUp and holdridgeLifeZonesUp replace spaces with new
lines, for more legible plotting with HoldridgeHexagons().
Author(s)
Martin R. Smith (martin.smith@durham.ac.uk)
Source
Holdridge (1947), "Determination of world plant formations from simple climatic data", Science 105:367–368. doi:10.1126/science.105.2727.367
Holdridge (1967), Life zone ecology. Tropical Science Center, San José.
Leemans, R. (1990), "Possible change in natural vegetation patterns due to a global warming", International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Working paper WP-90-08. https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/3443/1/WP-90-008.pdf
See Also
Other Holdridge plotting functions:
AddToHoldridge(),
HoldridgeHypsometricCol(),
HoldridgePlot(),
holdridge