High-resolution maps of projected big sagebrush plant community biomass for 52 future climate scenarios using multivariate matching algorithms

Publication Date

2022-04-28

Start Date

2030

End Date

2100

Palmquist, K.A., Renne, R.R., Schlaepfer, D.R., Lauenroth, W.K., and Bradford, J.B., 2022, High-resolution maps of projected big sagebrush plant community biomass for 52 future climate scenarios using multivariate matching algorithms: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DR9G1Y.

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The purpose of these data is to describe geographic patterns in simulated plant functional biomass of big sagebrush plant communities under projected future climate conditions at a 30-arcsecond spatial resolution. These data can be used to evaluate responses of simulated plant functional biomass of big sagebrush plant communities under projected future climate conditions (Palmquist et al. 2021) and within a scope as defined by the study. These data were created with the purpose of confirming results that high resolution matching of projected decreases for big sagebrush, perennial C3 grass and perennial forb biomass in warm, dry sites; no projected change or increases in functional type biomass in cold, moist sites; and widespread projected increases in perennial C4 grasses across big sagebrush plant communities in the sagebrush region of the western U.S.A. (Palmquist et al. 2021) and within a scope as defined by the study. These data may also be used to evaluate the potential impact of changing climate conditions on geographic patterns in simulated plant functional biomass of big sagebrush plant communities within the scope defined by the study. In particular, these results will be useful for informing the design of long-term landscape conservation efforts to maintain and expand wildlife habitat across the sagebrush biome.

• National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
• North Central CASC
• USGS Data Release Products
• USGS Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC)