Prioritization of Areas for Grassland Establishment for Mottled Duck in the Western Gulf Coast

This is a continuous raster dataset identifying areas that are priority for grassland establishment to increase the quantity and/or quality of mottled duck nesting habitat in the Western Gulf Coast. The identification process is based on key biological parameters such as patch size, land use type, distance to brood rearing habitat, etc. Additionally, this raster datasets presents the data in a form that prioritizes habitat from more suitable to less suitable based on landscape metrics. The scale ranges from 1 to 0, higher value designating higher priority for grassland establishment.