Louisiana Waterthrush WGCPO HSI – Landscape Scale [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Description
FOR non-AGOL ACCOUNT HOLDERS, DOWNLOAD THIS GEOSPATIAL DATA HERE:https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=lmvjvThe "Louisiana Waterthrush WGCPO HSI - Landscape Scale" spatial layer quantifies habitat suitability for the Louisiana Waterthrush at the HUC 12 watershed scale in the West Gulf Coastal Plain and Ouachitas (WGCPO) Bird Conservation Region (BCR 25). This model represents the synthesis of two modeling approaches - geometric mean of suitability indices and species distribution modeling (SDM) - and was informed by seven predictive covariates (forest cover and patch size, canopy cover, distances to streams and disturbance, watershed integrity, and catchment gradient) as well as U.S. Forest Service survey data ranging from 2000 to 2020. The purpose of this HSI is to guide conservation planning in the WGCPO at a coarse, landscape-level scale by highlighting watersheds predicted to contain a high percentage of optimal breeding habitat for the Louisiana Waterthrush.
Department of the Interior (2024). Louisiana Waterthrush WGCPO HSI – Landscape Scale [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/fws::louisiana-waterthrush-wgcpo-hsi-landscape-scale-1 (web service)