Ecological Archives E088-014-A1

C. L. Burcher, H. M. Valett, and E. F. Benfield. 2007. The land-cover cascade: relationships coupling land and water. Ecology 88:228–242.

Appendix A. List of all stimuli considered in ecological cascades.

TABLE A1. List of all stimuli considered in ecological cascades. Stimuli are land-cover (forest, agriculture, urban, other) as defined within travel time zones used to generate land-cover estimates along a continuum from near stream to whole watershed. WS = whole watershed; Corr = 100-m buffer numbers 30 – 300 represent travel time (min) zones. NLCD codes 11 (open water) and 30 (barren areas) considered as ‘other’.

NLCD category

NLCD code

Combined category

Land cover zone

Mean (%)

SE

Min

Max

Open water

11

Forest (40, 41, 42, 43)

30

39

5

16

63

Low intensity developed

21

 

60

46

5

22

84

Medium intensity developed

22

 

90

50

5

26

70

High intensity developed

23

 

120

56

5

30

73

Barren areas

30

 

150

59

6

27

76

Forested uplands

40

 

180

61

5

26

77

Deciduous forest

41

 

210

63

6

27

79

Coniferous forest

42

 

240

64

5

34

79

Mixed forest

43

 

270

68

4

44

80

Planted or cultivated grasses

80

 

300

69

4

43

80

Cultivated crops

81

 

Corr

51

3

33

65

     

WS

72

3

56

86

   

Agriculture (80, 81)

30

47

6

21

77

     

60

42

4

13

65

     

90

39

4

28

64

     

120

35

4

25

63

     

150

32

4

22

63

     

180

31

4

21

64

     

210

30

5

19

63

     

240

29

4

19

56

     

270

26

3

17

45

     

300

25

3

16

46

     

Corr

41

3

24

55

     

WS

23

2

17

36

   

Urban (21, 22, 23)

30

8

4

0

36

     

60

8

4

0

43

     

90

7

4

0

44

     

120

6

4

0

38

     

150

6

4

0

38

     

180

5

3

0

27

     

210

5

2

0

25

     

240

4

2

0

24

     

270

4

2

0

24

     

300

4

2

0

24

     

Corr

4

3

0

26

     

WS

4

2

0

24



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