Evaluating and using existing models to map probable suitable habitat for rare plants to inform management of multiple-use public lands in the California desert

• Gordon C. Reese ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gordon C. Reese, Sarah K. Carter

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Sarah K. Carter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gordon C. Reese, Sarah K. Carter

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: skcarter@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3778-8615

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• Christina Lund ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation California State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, California, United States of America

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• Steven Walterscheid

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation California State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, California, United States of America

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