Landscape Habitat Suitability Index Software

WILLIAM D. DIJAK; CHADWICK D. RITTENHOUSE; MICHAEL A. LARSON; FRANK R. THOMPSON; JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH

doi:10.2193/2006-341

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1 April 2007 Landscape Habitat Suitability Index Software

WILLIAM D. DIJAK, CHADWICK D. RITTENHOUSE, MICHAEL A. LARSON, FRANK R. THOMPSON, JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH

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J. of Wildlife Management, 71(2):668-670 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-341

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Habitat suitability index (HSI) models are traditionally used to evaluate habitat quality for wildlife at a local scale. Rarely have such models incorporated spatial relationships of habitat components. We introduce Landscape HSImodels, a new Microsoft Windows® (Microsoft, Redmond, WA)–based program that incorporates local habitat as well as landscape-scale attributes to evaluate habitats for 21 species of wildlife. Models for additional species can be constructed using the generic model option. At a landscape scale, attributes include edge effects, patch area, distance to resources, and habitat composition. A moving window approach is used to evaluate habitat composition and interspersion within areas typical of home ranges and territories or larger. The software and sample data are available free of charge from the United States Forest Service, Northern Research Station at http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/hsi/.

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WILLIAM D. DIJAK, CHADWICK D. RITTENHOUSE, MICHAEL A. LARSON, FRANK R. THOMPSON, and JOSHUA J. MILLSPAUGH "Landscape Habitat Suitability Index Software," Journal of Wildlife Management 71(2), 668-670, (1 April 2007). https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-341

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