salt_data {prioritizrdata}

Salt Spring Island data

Description

Conservation planning dataset for Salt Spring Island, Canada. It was obtained as part of an online Marxan-based planning tool created for the Coastal Douglas-fir Conservation Partnership (CDFCP; Schuster et al. 2017).

Usage

get_salt_pu()

get_salt_features()

get_salt_con()

Format

salt_pu

terra::rast() object.

salt_features

terra::rast() object.

salt_con

terra::rast() object.

Details

The following functions are provided to import data:

get_salt_pu()

Import planning unit data. The planning units are a single layer terra::rast() object. Cell values denote the monetary cost of acquiring different areas (e.g., a value of 1 = $100,000 CAD; BC Land Assessment 2015).

get_salt_features()

Import biodiversity feature data. The feature data are a multi-layer terra::rast() object object. It contains the spatial distribution of four key ecological communities. Each layer represents a different community type. These classes are (i) old forest, (ii) savanna, (iii) wetland, and (iv) shrub. For each layer, values indicate the composite probability of encountering the suite of bird species most commonly associated with that community type.

get_salt_con()

Import connectivity data. The connectivity data are a single-layer terra::rast() object. It contains the inverse probability of occurrence of human commensal species. Based on the assumption that human modified areas impede connectivity for native fauna, cells with higher values have higher connectivity.

References

BC Assessment (2015) Property Information Services. Available at https://www.bcassessment.ca/ (Date Accessed 2016/06/13).

Morrell N, Schuster R, Crombie M, and Arcese P (2017) A Prioritization Tool for the Conservation of Coastal Douglas-fir Forest and Savannah Habitats of the Georgia Basin. The Nature Trust of British Colombia, Coastal Douglas Fir Conservation Partnership, and the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Colombia. Available at https://peter-arcese-lab.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/09/CDFCP_tutorial_2017_05.pdf (Date Accessed 2017/10/09).

Examples

# load packages
library(terra)
library(sf)

# import data
salt_pu <- get_salt_pu()
salt_features <- get_salt_features()

# preview planning units
print(salt_pu)
plot(salt_pu)

# preview features
print(salt_features)
plot(salt_features)

# preview connectivity data
salt_con <- get_salt_con()
print(salt_con)
plot(salt_con)