Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study

BMC Ecology

Table 1 General types of biome maps

Map types	Baseline data	Spatial detail	Hierarchical representation of regions	Representation of ecological affinities	Representation of evolutionary communities	Examples of maps	End users
Floristic maps	Species composition, richness & endemism	Crude	Good	Poor	Good	WWF Ecoregions [16]	Evolutionary biology & conservation science
Land cover maps	Remote sensing data	Fine	Poor	Good	Poor	Land Cover Map of South America [17]	Ecology
Hybrid maps	Climate, elevation, and species composition	Fine	Good	Good	Good	Ecological Systems Map [31]	All research fields

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