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Ranking Forest Land for Carbon Sequestration/Species Richness

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Forested land in the western conterminous United States classified by priority for preservation to mitigate climate change, based on the spatial co-occurrence of vulnerability to drought and fire and potential carbon sequestration. Source: Buotte et al. 2020

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Ranking of forest lands for preservation given net ecosystem productivity was derived from the Community Land Model.