Predicted Lynx Habitat under Population Cycling Scenario

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Carlos Carrol - Contracted by The Wildlands Project

Publication_Date: May 2005

Title: Predicted Lynx Habitat under Population Cycling Scenario

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Wildlands Project - Special Paper Number 6

Other_Citation_Details:

Carroll, C. 2005. Carnivore Restoration in the Northeastern U.S. and Southeastern Canada: A Regional-Scale Analysis of Habitat and Population Viability for Wolf, Lynx, and Marten (Report 2: Lynx and Marten Viability Analysis). Wildlands Project Special Paper No. 6. Richmond, VT: Wildlands Project. 46 pp. <http://www.klamathconservation.org/publications.html>

Online_Linkage: <http://www.wildlandsproject.org/cms/page1115.cfm>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set is one of the outputs of Carlos Carrol's work on focal species in the Northern Appalachians. Static habitat suitability models for lynx, marten, and wolf were fed through a spatially explicit population model (SEPM), called PATCH, to predict source and sink habitat areas across the landscape. The static models for lynx were created based on the ratio of deciduous to coniferous forest and on annual snowfall rates. Predicted snowfall rates for 2055 were based on modeling work done by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). PATCH was then able to use these static habitat models to simulate a number of scenarios, including variations in trapping intensity, forestry intensity, and weather patterns due to climate change.

This data layer illustrates a population cycling scenario: potential lynx source and sink habitat with population cycling throughout region, using demographic multipliers. When used in comparison with the lynx base scenario, this data layer shows the influence of population cycling on lynx populations throughout the region.

Purpose:

This data set and the other outputs of the PATCH model were used initiatlly as one set of inputs for the MARXAN site selection algorthim employed by the Wildlands Project to develop its Wildlands Network Design for the Greater Northern Appalachians. Other inputs included other focal species (wolf, marten) and other biodiversity "features" such as ecological land units (ELUS) and critical occurrences of particularly diverse ecosystems in the Nothern Appalachians. The outputs of the site selection algorithm identify areas of higher biological importance or irreplaceability. The outputs of the algorithm, together with other insights from the focal species analyses and expert opinion help highlight potential critical linkages in the ecoregion. These critical linkages can help guide conservation planning in the region, especially in regards to rapid climate change

Supplemental_Information:

Methodology for developing static habitat suitability model adapted from the work of Hoving et al (2005).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: May, 2005

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.907030

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -58.903529

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.525400

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.746099

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Theme:

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Theme_Keyword:

Focal Species, Population Viability, Spatially Explicit Population Model, PATCH

Place:

Place_Keyword:

Northern Appalachian Ecoregion, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

This data set was created from the manipulation, analysis, and/or synthesis of publicly available data sources. The copying and distribution of this data set is allowed. Commercial use of this data set is prohibited. This data set must be cited on all electronic and hard copy products using the language of the Data Set Credit.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: The Wildlands Project

Contact_Person: Charlie Bettigole

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-921-8249

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: charlie@wildlandsproject.org

Data_Set_Credit: Carlos Carrol, 2005

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Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:50,000

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Land Use/Land Cover

Source_Contribution: MODIS Landcover data - Input to static model

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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Snowfall Data

Source_Contribution: PRISM Snowfall data - Input to static model

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Metadata_Date: 20070907

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Contact_Person: Charlie Bettigole

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

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Address: 1547 SE 48th Ave

City: Portland

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Postal_Code: 97215

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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 860-921-8249

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