Habitat Suitability Index Model for Breeding King Rail (Rallus elegans) in Rice Agriculture, in the Gulf Coast Joint Venture Region

Publication Date

2018-02-06

Start Date

2001-01-01

End Date

2013-12-31

Mark Parr, GCJV, 20180206, Habitat Suitability Index Model for Breeding King Rail (Rallus elegans) in Rice Agriculture, in the Gulf Coast Joint Venture Region: .

The Gulf Coast Joint Venture (GCJV) is a bird habitat conservation partnership that spans the coastal portions of AL, MS, LA, and TX. It is one of 18 bird habitat joint ventures in the U.S. The mission of the GCJV is to advance the conservation of important bird habitats within the GCJV region through biological planning, implementation of habitat conservation actions, and focused monitoring and evaluation of the planning and implementation process. King Rail (KIRA) is a priority bird species selected for conservation planning and habitat delivery in the GCJV region. It utilizes fresh-to-intermediate salinity emergent marsh and rice fields for breeding and wintering habitat. The GCJV used remotely sensed indices related to area in rice cultivation, tree canopy cover, and linear distance of streams and ditches adjacent to rice cultivation to develop a habitat suitabilty index(HSI) for breeding King Rail in rice to guide conservation planning and habitat delivery.

• Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative
• LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

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