Categorical Boundary Analysis: Sorting Out Terminology and Methodologies

Categorical Boundary Analysis:Sorting Out Terminology and Methodologies

Michael N. DeMers

October 12, 2015

I GET IT! CATEGORY LINES JUST SEPARATE DIFFERENT POLITICAL AREAS. PRETTY

STRAIGHT FORWARD.

What do these mean?What criteria are used?What are plant communities anyway?What are ecoregions?Would you use structure, floristics, or both?

Geomorphology-Based Vegetation

Classes

Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis

Analysis of Classified Land(landscape metrics)

H0

HA

vs

map categories as hypotheses

Pardon me, sir, I mustache you a question.