A methodology for assessing the ecoregional distribution of plant taxa

"In order to improve planning, conservation, restoration, and management in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) states, we created a predictive occurrence model to determine the ecoregional distribution of plant taxa ... [BLM] accordingly has an interest in using the most geographically and ecologically appropriate species, subspecies, and varieties of native plants, including consideration of whether taxa are native in the particular ecoregion in which they are being considered for planting"--Page 2.