Report 298
A pilot study to examine the potential linkage between and applications of multiple woodland datasets: A GIS based analysis
(1999)
Purdy, K.M., & Ferris, R.
The Project is aimed at demonstrating how a variety of GIS-based woodland datasets can be integrated to improve our ability to respond to requests for advice under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) on reversing woodland fragmentation, through the development of "habitat networks
Summary
The Project is aimed at demonstrating how a variety of
GIS-based woodland datasets can be integrated to improve our
ability to respond to requests for advice under the UK Biodiversity
Action Plan (BAP) on reversing woodland fragmentation, through the
development of "habitat networks". This will be delivered by:
- Assembling relevant GIS datasets, identifying and documenting
any problems with combining them for a defined pilot area (e.g. 100
km x 100 km tile).
- Investigating the usefulness of analyses which aim to improve
our ability to target woodland expansion in appropriate areas, and
estimate areas of different Biodiversity Action Plan habitat
types.
- Production of recommendations on the feasibility and value of
extending this approach more widely, within the framework of data
capture, management and access set through the National
Biodiversity Network (NBN).
The GIS software product used in this project is ArcView GIS
3.1, its programming language Avenue, and extension product Spatial
Analyst 1.0a. This software is produced by Environmental Systems
Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), Redlands, California, USA.
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51 pages
ISSN 0963 8091
Please cite as: Purdy, K.M., & Ferris, R., (1999), A pilot study to examine the potential linkage between and applications of multiple woodland datasets: A GIS based analysis, A commissioned Research Contract on behalf of JNCC (Contract No F76-01-256), JNCC Report 298, 51 pages, ISSN 0963 8091