This repository generates a conservation network based on McRae et al 2016 https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/oregon/science/Documents/McRae_et_al_2016_PNW_CNS_Connectivity.pdf.
The analysis uses a human footprint/human disturbance layer, and a ‘source’ layer that weights land/water cover according to how likely they will provide habitat. These are generated by the GitHub repo - https://github.com/bcgov/BC_HumanFootprint.
The analysis invokes Omniscape (https://docs.circuitscape.org/Omniscape.jl/latest/), built in Circuitscape (https://circuitscape.org), to generate the conservation network.
There are four core scripts that are required for the analysis, a run_all.R script is used to control their execution, an additional scipt 03_analysis_tiles.R is provided to explore the use of tiles to increase analysis resolution:
- 01_load.R
- 02_clean.R
- 03_analysis_tiles.R
- 03_Omni_analysis.R
- 04_output.R
This project is part of a Provincial conservation assessment being led by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. The analysis is exploratory.
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This project was created using the bcgovr package.
This repository is maintained by ENVEcosystems.