Current condition and refugia conservation cores for seven species and conductance among them
Dates
Publication Date
2021
Time Period
2020
Time Period
2080
Citation
Designing Sustainable Landscapes, University of Massachusetts, William V. Deluca, Bradley W. Compton, and Ethan B. Plunkett, 2021, Current condition and refugia conservation cores for seven species and conductance among them.: https://doi.org/10.21429/94ey-r171.
Summary
For 7 species: American woodcock (amwo), Bicknell's thrush (bith), Blackburnian warbler (blbw), Box turtle (teca), Cerulean warbler (cerw), Moose (moose), and Saltmarsh sparrow (sals) we provide five distinct datasets. Species codes (in parenthesis) are used in file names and represented by "[species]" below. 1. A set of conservation cores that represent areas of high local, relative value to the species either in the present, the future, or both: [species]_allcores.shp 2. Conductance among the present condition cores: [species]_conduct.tif 3. Conductance among the future cores: [species]_conduct_futr.tif 4. The landscape capability of the species in 2020 (an input dataset to this analysis): [species]_LC_2020_v5.1.tif 5. The climate [...]
Summary
For 7 species: American woodcock (amwo), Bicknell's thrush (bith), Blackburnian warbler (blbw), Box turtle (teca), Cerulean warbler (cerw), Moose (moose), and Saltmarsh sparrow (sals) we provide five distinct datasets. Species codes (in parenthesis) are used in file names and represented by "[species]" below.
1. A set of conservation cores that represent areas of high local, relative value to the species either in the present, the future, or both: [species]_allcores.shp
2. Conductance among the present condition cores: [species]_conduct.tif
3. Conductance among the future cores: [species]_conduct_futr.tif
4. The landscape capability of the species in 2020 (an input dataset to this analysis): [species]_LC_2020_v5.1.tif
5. The climate refugia for the species in 2080 (an input dataset to this analysis): [species]_Crefugia_2080_v5.1.tif
The cores could be used to prioritize land for conservation in direct support of the species while the conductance could be used to prioritize land that facilitates connection and regional migration for the species. Importantly the cores represent areas of high locally value. Consequently in the heart of the species range the cores may be of much higher value than cores at the periphery. For a regionally consistent estimate of the ability of the landscape to support the species in the present (2020) climate use the landscape capability, and in the projected 2080 climate the climate refugia dataset.
These datasets delineate and characterize conservation cores built for seven species based on their current 2020 Landscape Capability and future (2080) Climate Refugia, as well as the conductivity among the future and current cores.
