Table 3 Modifications introduced to Land Function Analysis (LFA) classes in the MARAS protocol21 in relation to the original LFA30 manual.
From: The MARAS dataset, vegetation and soil characteristics of dryland rangelands across Patagonia
Class | Basal and Canopy cover % | Plant litter cover% | Cryptogam cover% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LFA | MARAS | LFA | MARAS | LFA | MARAS | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1 | <=1 | <5 | <10 | <1 | <=1 | <1 |
2 | 1–10 | 5–10 | 10–25 | 1–10 | 1–10 | 1–5 |
3 | 10–20 | 10–20 | 25–50 | 10–25 | 10–50 | 5–10 |
4 | >20 | 20–30 | 50–75 | 25–50 | >50 | >10 |
5 | 30–40 | 75–100 | >50 | |||
6 | 40–50 | |||||
7 | >50 | |||||
