Columbia Plateau Landscape Integrity Cores with Temperature

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG)

Publication_Date: 20130507

Publication_Time: 120000

Title: Columbia Plateau Landscape Integrity Cores with Temperature

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

These data are an appended version of the Landscape Integrity Core Areas vector map originally developed as part of the Washington Habitat Connectivity Working Group Columbia Plateau (WHCWG) landscape integrity analysis (WHCWG 2012). Mean annual temperature statistics were appended to the Landscape Integrity Core Areas map as part of Columbia Plateau Climate-Gradient Corridors Analysis (WHCWG 2013). This vector-format dataset should be used to indicate core area locations used in the Columbia Plateau climate corridor analysis. The core areas in the map lie within the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion. Landscape integrity core areas provide locations from which to model linkages. Core areas consist mostly of natural land cover and exclude freeways, major highways, secondary highways, or areas of high low-use road densities. This landscape integrity modeling is intended to be broad scale and is not tailored to specific categories of species. Information about the process through which the Landscape Integrity Core Areas were identified can be found in the WHCWG Analysis of the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion (2012). Mean annual temperature data used in identifying core area temperature statistics were derived from 1971-2000 PRISIM data (Daly et al. 2002) downscaled using ClimateWNA (Wang et al. 2012). Because global and regional circulation models project the region is warming, we used the temperature of the coldest region within a core area as our measure of its capacity to continue to provide a thermally suitable area for a species. To quantify the temperature of the coldest area within a patch, we subtracted 2 standard deviations from the mean of the temperatures of all the pixels in the core area. The average mean annual temperature, the mean annual temperature minus two standard deviations, and additional statistics were calculated for each core using the ArcGIS Zonal Statistics tool. The climate-gradient corridors mapped between these core areas are described in WHCWG (2013).References:Daly. C., Gibson. W.P., Taylor, G.H., Johnson, G.L., Pasteris, P. 2002. A knowledge-based approach to the statistical mapping of climate. Climate Research, 22:99-113. See <http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu.Wang>, T., Hamann, A., Spittlehouse, D., and Murdock, T. N. 2012. ClimateWNA - High-Resolution Spatial Climate Data for Western North America. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 61: 16-29. See <http://www.genetics.forestry.ubc.ca/cfcg/ClimateWNA/ClimateWNA.html>. Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). 2012. Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Analysis of the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion. Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA. See <http://www.waconnected.org.Washington> Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). 2013. Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Columbia Plateau Climate-Gradient Corridors Analysis. Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife, and Transportation, Olympia, WA. See <http://www.waconnected.org>.

Purpose:

The purpose of this layer is to identify core areas of high landscape integrity (i.e., low human footprint), and indicate their mean annual temperatures. These core areas are then used to identify climate-gradient corridors between them that provide for the movement of biota in response to climatic change. This information helps inform conservation practitioners, land use planners, and interested stakeholders in their understanding of connectivity patterns in the region.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19710101

Ending_Date: 20001231

Currentness_Reference: The time period for the tempeature data is 1971-2000.

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.853631

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.407340

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.004052

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.499332

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: climate

Theme_Keyword: temperature

Theme_Keyword: connectivity

Theme_Keyword: landscape integrity

Theme_Keyword: corridor

Theme_Keyword: core area

Theme_Keyword: conservation

Theme_Keyword: gradient

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: biota

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: Oregon

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: Columbia Plateau

Place_Keyword: Idaho

Access_Constraints: See Use Limitation/Constraints.

Use_Constraints:

DATA BACKGROUND: The Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG) produced these data which represent a regional analysis that portrays conditions at a regional scale. Applying these data at finer, more local scales is likely to increase uncertainty in terms of accuracy and applicability for local land use decisions. However, for the scale at which they were developed, these products are state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed representations of landscape variables and connected habitat networks. The WHCWG expended great effort to compile the best GIS data within constraints imposed by data development costs, available compilation sources, and available staff resources. Inherent in any dataset used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. The products and data from this analysis convey a wealth of information relevant to conservation of Washington's wildlife and though they represent the state of the art, they rely on imperfect data, knowledge, and assumptions. We strongly suggest that readers thoroughly understand our methods and the limitations of those methods prior to applying our results. The data user should note Chapter 2 and appendices in the WHCWG Columbia Plateau report. See metadata Credits for the report. SOURCE DATA YEAR: The GIS base layers input to linkage modeling were developed from a wide variety of sources compiled over the years generally from 1999 to 2010. We would like to specify a GIS base layer compilation year for users of the connectivity data; however, the wide range of base layer compilation dates complicates such a specification. For example, land cover / land use, a major base layer, was mapped from Landsat imagery acquired from 1999 to 2003. This layer was subsequently modified by the WHCWG Columbia Plateau Ecoregion project using land cover / land use sources as recent as 2010. Likewise, transportation data were primarily obtained from the 2010 Census TIGER roads and housing density data were generated from the 2000 Census dataset. The data user should be aware that some areas experiencing rapid change over the last decade may not be captured in the modeling effort. APPROPRIATE SCALE OF USE: The raw GIS data obtained by the WHCWG Columbia Plateau project were compiled from a wide range of compilation source scales. The GIS data were post-processed at a 30 m x 30 m cell size (except housing density which had a native cell size of 100 m x 100 m). These data were compiled to 90 m x 90 m cell size prior to connectivity modeling. Given the wide ranging source scales and post-processing we do not recommend application of linkage data at scales larger than 1:100,000.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Spatial Data Management Unit, Wildlife Program, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Contact_Person: Spatial Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 600 Capitol Way North

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: Washington

Postal_Code: 98501-1091

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 902-2515

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 902-2162

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wildthing@dfw.wa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00AM to 5:00PM PST Weekdays (except Holidays)

Contact_Instructions:

Contact the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Management Program Customer service desk by one of the contact methods listed in this document (by telephone, fax, email, or regular mail) giving your name, phone number and email address.

Data_Set_Credit:

This layer has been prepared by the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG) Climate Change Subgroup: Meade Krosby, lead (University of Washington); Lynn Helbrecht (Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife); Darren Kavanagh (University of Washington); Joshua Lawler (University of Washington); Guillaume Mauger (University of Washington); Brad McRae (The Nature Conservancy); John Pierce (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife); and Peter Singleton (US Forest Service–Pacific Northwest Research Station). For complete information on the membership and activities of the WHCWG, visit <http://www.waconnected.org>.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: This data is conceptually consistent.

Completeness_Report:

This feature class contains all the landscape integrity (LI) cores used in Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group's Columbia Plateau LI analysis (see WHCWG 2012).

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Core areas processed with the HCA toolkit. Ref: Shirk, A. 2011. HCA toolkit user guide. Available from <http://waconnected.org/habitat-connectivity-mapping-tools>.

Process_Date: 19000101

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 199

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: HabConnectProjectArea North America Albers Equal Area Conic

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 43.0

Standard_Parallel: 48.0

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.0

False_Easting: 700000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Columbia Plateau Landscape Integrity Cores with Temperature

Entity_Type_Definition: ArcGIS Vector Feature Class.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CORE_ID

Attribute_Definition: The core area identification number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique identifer.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA_HA

Attribute_Definition: The area in hectares of the core.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Area in hectares.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAT_1971_2000

Attribute_Definition:

The Mean Annual Temperature 1971-2000 derived from PRISM data using ClimateWNA.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Temperature in degrees Celsius.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAT_LESS_2_STD

Attribute_Definition: The mean annual temperature minus 2 standard deviations.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Temperature in degrees Celsius.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAT_MIN

Attribute_Definition:

Minimum mean annual temperature calculated using zonal statistics.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Temperature in degrees Celsius.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAT_MAX

Attribute_Definition:

Maximum mean annual temperature calculated using zonal statistics.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Temperature in degrees Celsius.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAT_STD

Attribute_Definition:

The standard deviation of the mean annual temperature calculated using zonal statistics.

Attribute_Definition_Source: WHCWG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Temperature in degrees Celsius.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Length

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130507

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: Washington

Postal_Code: 98501

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 902-2515

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@waconnected.org

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time