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. 2013 Jan 23;8(1):e54689. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054689

Table 2. Total number and unique number of ecological systems as well as percent area of ecological systems on lands managed to maintain biodiversity and for multiple-use within each Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) in the continental US.

Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) Number of ecological systems Number of unique ecological systems Percent area of lands managed to maintain biodiversity Percent area of lands managed for multiple-use
Appalachian 103 11 3.5 8.3
California 88 2 10.7 16.3
Desert 133 2 17.0 40.0
Eastern Tallgrass Prairie & Big Rivers 75 0 1.2 1.2
Great Basin 143 1 11.2 62.9
Great Northern 143 3 14.8 39.3
Great Plains 102 1 0.6 2.5
Gulf Coast Plains & Ozarks 148 17 3.5 4.9
Gulf Coast Prairie 95 11 1.3 1.4
North Atlantic 63 5 6.6 8.7
North Pacific 123 10 15.1 25.5
Plains & Prairie Potholes 95 1 2.4 10.6
Peninsular Florida 56 18 8.8 13.1
South Atlantic 97 13 2.8 4.0
Southern Rockies 116 0 14.1 50.6
Upper Midwest & Great Lakes 60 3 5.7 8.3

See Figure for location of LCC. See Table 1 for protection status descriptions. LCCs are listed alphabetically.