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Teaching the Complexities of Map Boundaries Michael N. DeMers NMSU Geography (SPATIALTHINKING2 015) October 12, 2015

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Teaching the Complexities of Map Boundaries

Michael N. DeMersNMSU Geography

(SPATIALTHINKING2015)

October 12, 2015

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

STRAIGHT FORWARD.

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

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Geomorphology-Based Vegetation

Classes

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Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis

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Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis

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Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis

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Analysis of Classified Land(landscape metrics)

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H0

HA

vs

map categories as hypotheses

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Pardon me, sir, I mustache you a question.