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Elk (Cervus canadensis) Predicted Suitable Habitat Modeling (MT)

A simple rule-based model using general range and winter/general range mapping that the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks has compiled for Big Game species.

Dates

Creation
2017

Citation

Montana Natural Heritage Program. 2017. Elk (Cervus canadensis) predicted suitable habitat models developed on August 18, 2017. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 4 pp.

Summary

See the Montana Distribution section under species accounts in the Montana Field Guide and Big Game species distribution, management unit, and hunting district information from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks at: http://datamtfwp.opendata.arcgis.com/ For compatibility with other predictive distribution models the Montana Natural Heritage Program produces, we have intersected the Big Game general range and winter/general range information with a uniform grid of hexagons that have been used for planning efforts across the western United States (e.g. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies - Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool). Each hexagon is one square mile in area and approximately one kilometer in length [...]

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Purpose

Model outputs should not be used in place of on-the-ground surveys for species and wildlife and land management agency biologists should be consulted about the value of using model output to guide habitat management decisions for regional planning efforts or local projects.

Communities

  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

Provenance

Data source
Input directly
Montana Natural Heritage Program

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