authority: geo-bon
slug: live-cover-fraction
name: Live cover fraction
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: ecosystem-structure
authority_id: geo-bon:live-cover-fraction
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: vegetation_area_fraction
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms: []
canonical_units: dimensionless (0-1)
description: |
  Fraction of ground covered by living vegetation (FCOVER) or, more generally,
  by living organisms forming the dominant structural layer of an ecosystem.
  Ground-truth networks include JRC GBOV, NEON, TERN AusCover, ICOS, and
  Copernicus ImagineS; satellite proxies anchor CEOS LPV cal/val.
theme: vegetation
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/ecosystem-structure/
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)