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Comprehensive Classification Schemes for Natural Biomes

Explore the MUC System Structure for Natural Biomes, including closed forests, shrublands, grasslands, wetlands, and more. The scheme is exhaustive, mutually exclusive, and hierarchical, organizing biomes into specific classes.

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Comprehensive Classification Schemes for Natural Biomes

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  1. Classification Schemes • Have Labels and Rules • Are Exhaustive • Are Mutually Exclusive • Are Hierarchical MUC_Vis 1

  2. Classification Schemes • Labels • Names given to groups in the scheme. • Rules • Specific instructions for assigning • an item to a group MUC_Vis_2

  3. Classification Schemes Are: Exhaustive: There is a class for every item being examined. Mutually Exclusive: Any item fits into one and only one class. Hierarchical: The scheme is “layered,” with each layer being more specific than the previous one. [An outline is hierarchical.] MUC_Vis_3

  4. The MUC System Structure • Natural Land Cover (classes 0 - 7) • 7 types of biomes (classes 0 - 6) • open water (class 7) • Developed Land Cover (classes 8 & 9)

  5. Class 0 Closed Forests Class 2 Shrublands Class 4 Herbaceous Vegetation Grasslands (Classes 41, 42, & 43) Forbs (Class 44) Class 5 Barren Land Class 1 Woodlands Class 3 Dwarf Shrublands Class 6 Wetlands The MUC System Structure Natural Biomes

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