Structural Connectivity, Santa Barbara County

Jun 14, 2018 (Last modified Jun 21, 2023)
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This is a Structural Connectivity analysis, based on connecting natural habitat that has less human impact. It is a surrogate for wildlife habitat connectivity analyses.

There are four data layers in this dataset:

  • Core Areas
    • conservation areas (GAP 1-3) greater than or equal to 150 acres
  • Priority Paths
    • combination of the Corridors and Linkage Priority layers using equal weights
  • Corridors
    • least cost corridors (linkages) across the landscape
  • Linkage Priority
    • priority of linkages based upon the resistance between cores, proximity of the cores, centrality of each linkage, the core area value, and climate envelope difference

This analysis was performed using Linkage Mapper Toolset, including the new Linkage Priority Tool. Here is the manual.

Climate change was included in this analysis by giving linkages priority based upon their potential to provide range shifts between core areas. This was included based upon the process identified in the manual above.

To view the resistance surfaces that were part of this analysis please follow this link: Resistance Surfaces and Methods, Santa Barbara County.

Please contact John Gallo (john.gallo@consbio.org) if you have any questions on these data or the analysis that was done to create them.

This is Analysis Version v12/14/17a , Thanks to Land Trust for Santa Barbara County for funding this work.
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John Gallo, Annie Prisbrey, Conservation Biology Institute
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