India's Area of Habitat (AOH) maps for 2,187 terrestrial vertebrate species, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. The maps were generated at 100-meter spatial resolution by processing IUCN and BirdLife International range data, removing unsuitable habitats, and applying elevation constraints. Species richness layers were derived by stacking the individual AOH maps.
Use Cases
- Modeling species richness patterns based on stacked individual AOH maps.
- Assessing habitat suitability for conservation planning based on habitat class and elevation constraints.
- Analyzing geographic overlap and co-occurrence of umbrella species based on the 100-meter resolution maps.
Strengths
- Covers 2,187 species across four major terrestrial vertebrate groups.
- Maps are produced at a high 100-meter spatial resolution.
- Uses authoritative source data from the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Where species elevation data was unavailable, default global limits were applied, which may introduce local inaccuracies.
Provenance
- Source
- IUCN Red List (mammals, reptiles, amphibians) and BirdLife International (birds).
- Collection Method
- Species range polygons were restricted to extant and native distributions in India, with unsuitable habitats removed using IUCN habitat classification matched to a global habitat map.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-13 09:08:45; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- India