FFWCC STRATEGIC HABITAT CONSERVATION AREAS PRIORITY RANKINGS - 2009

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title:
FFWCC STRATEGIC HABITAT CONSERVATION AREAS PRIORITY RANKINGS - 2009
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, Fl
Publisher: FFWCC
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/features/view_article.asp?id=29815>
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset includes a priority ranking of all Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCAs) identified in FFWCC's Wildlife Habitat Conservation Needs in Florida report. Each pixel contains a cell value of 1-5, in which the value indicates the priority class of SHCA, with 1 being the highest. The prioritized classes of SHCA are based upon Heritage ranking criteria developed by The Nature Conservancy, the Natural Heritage Program Network, and the Florida Natural Areas Inventory. This methodology was originally developed as part of the Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project (CLIP). There are two possible ranks used to identify what priority class a species SHCA will be placed into; the global rank is based on a species worldwide status, the state rank is based upon the species status in Florida. The state and global ranks are based upon many factors such as known occurrence locations, estimated abundance, range, amount of habitat currently protected, perceived levels of threats towards the species, and ecological fragility. In 1994, researchers in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission completed a project, entitled Closing The Gaps in Florida's Wildlife Habitat Conservation System (Cox et al 1994), assessing the security of rare and imperiled species on existing conservation lands in Florida. These biologists used a variety of species occurrence data, habitat data and a geographic information system (GIS) to determine the protection afforded to focal species on publicly owned lands and identify important habitat areas in Florida with no conservation protection. These areas, known as Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA), serve as a foundation for conservation planning in Florida by clearly depicting the crucial need for species protection through habitat conservation. The results of this research have provided biologists, policy-makers, land-use planners and the citizens of Florida the tools and opportunity to help meet our wildlife conservation goals.
Over time, the Closing the Gaps report became outdated. Since 1994, landscape-level habitat changes, transfer of land from private to public ownership and changes in land use altered the ability to accurately assess Florida's biodiversity and wildlife conservation status. As a result, Commission biologists and managers recognized the urgent need for a revisiting of Florida's Closing the Gaps project. Advances in technological capabilities, revised habitat data, and more extensive species occurrence data facilitated a reassessment of Florida's biodiversity protection status. Additionally, advances in population viability modeling techniques allowed examination of wildlife habitat needs with a degree and clarity that was not available in the previous report. The results of this project have helped determine how habitat protection needs have changed since 1994 and where protection efforts need to be focused to ensure conservation of Florida's wildlife for future generations.
Purpose:
Data are intended to provide landscape-scale guidance to decision makers involved in public land acquisition, land use planning and other land conservation efforts at regional scales. Data were primarily based on medium-scale (30m) land cover data classified from Landsat 7 ETM+ imagery, therefore should be used only at 1:100000 or smaller scales.
Supplemental_Information:
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.
Our prioritized SHCA map identifies five classes of SHCA based upon Heritage ranking criteria developed by The Nature Conservancy, the Natural Heritage Program Network, and the Florida Natural Areas Inventory. This methodology was originally developed as part of the Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project (CLIP). There are two possible ranks used to identify what priority class a species SHCA will be placed into; the global rank is based on a species worldwide status, the state rank is based upon the species status in Florida. The state and global ranks are based upon many factors such as known occurrence locations, estimated abundance, range, amount of habitat currently protected, perceived levels of threats towards the species, and ecological fragility.
Species Common Name Species Scientific Name Federal Status State Status Priority 1 Florida grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum floridanus S1 G5T1 Florida salt marsh vole Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli S1 G5T1 Florida Key deer Odocoileus virginianus clavium S1 G5T1 Sanibel Island rice rat Oryzomys palustris sanibeli S1 G5T1 Choctawhatchee beach mouse Peromyscus polionotus allophrys S1 G5T1 St.Andrews beach mouse Peromyscuspolionotus peninsularis S1 G5T1 Anastasia Island beach mouse Peromyscus polionotus phasma S1 G5T1 Southeastern beach mouse Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris S1 G5T1 Florida panther Puma concolor coryi S1 G5T1 Lower Keys marsh rabbit Sylvilagus palustris hefneri S1 G5T1 Atlantic salt marsh snake Nerodia clarkii taeniata S1 G4T1 Gray bat Myotis grisescens S1 G3
Priority 2 Louisiana seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus fisheri S1 G4T4 Short-tailed hawk Buteo brachyurus S1 G4 Cuban snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus S1 G4 Seal salamander Desmognathus monticola S1 G5 Florida scrub jay Aphelocoma coerulescens S2 G2 American crocodile Crocodylus acutus S2 G2 Sand skink Neoseps reynoldsi S2 G2 Striped newt Notophthalmus perstriatus S2 G2 MacGillivray's seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus pelonota S2 G4T2 Florida snail kite Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus S2 G4T3 Silver rice rat Oryzomys palustris natator S2 G5T2 Big Cypress fox squirrel Sciurus niger avicennia S2 G5T2 Florida black bear Ursus americanus floridanus S2 G5T2
Priority 3 Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus forficatus S2 G5 White crowned pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala S3 G3 Florida mouse Podomys floridanus S3 G3 Scott's seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus peninsulae S3 G4T3 Florida burrowing owl Athene cunicularia floridana S3 G4T3
Priority 4 Pine barrens tree frog Hyla andersonii S3 G4 Gulf salt marsh snake Nerodia clarkii clarkii S3 G4T4
Priority 5 Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii S3 G5
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20030401
Beginning_Time: unknown
Ending_Date: 2009
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
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Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRIplace
Place_Keyword: Statewide
Place_Keyword: Florida
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All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.
Use_Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such
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Contact_Person: Records Technician
Contact_Organization:
FWC_FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Contact_Position: Records Technician
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Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 2574 Seagate Drive, Suite 250
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32301
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-6661
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GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
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Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values
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Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges and all pixel cells were classified.
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Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
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This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
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Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Publication_Date: March 2004
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: ISM_CSA_2003_Landcover
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: State of Florida
Publisher: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/>
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Type_of_Source_Media: CD-Rom
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: [Species Name] potential habitat
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoPlan obtained dataset via CDROM from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. - Changed the file name from scha_priority to scha_prio_09 - Added descript field based on VALUE - Added FGDLAQDATE field
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Process_Date: 20091105
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Row_Count: 24531
Column_Count: 24903
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
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Entity_Type_Label: SHCA_PRIO_09
Entity_Type_Definition: SHCA_PRIO_09.VAT
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: VALUE
Attribute_Definition: Priority Class
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Priority 1: State Rank 1 and Global Rank 1 - 3
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
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Priority 2: State Rank 1 and Global Rank 4 - 5 or State Rank 2 and Global Rank 2 - 3
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Priority 3: State Rank 2 and Global Rank 4 - 5 or State Rank 3 and Global Rank 3
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Priority 4: State Rank 3 and Global Rank 4
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
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Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Attribute_Label: COUNT
Attribute_Definition: Pixel count for cell value
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition: Priority Class Total Area in Acres
Attribute_Definition_Source: FFWCC
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: KM
Attribute_Definition: Priority Class Total Area in Square Kilometers
Attribute_Definition_Source: FFWCC
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: GeoPlan added field based on Value
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition: Date GeoPlan acquired data from source.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Each pixel contains a cell value of 1 - 5. Each value indicates the priority class of the SHCA with 1 being the highest priority.
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FWC_FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Contact_Position: Records Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 2574 Seagate Drive, Suite 250
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32301
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-6661
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-922-5679
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisrequests@myfwc.com
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