Birds Remnant Patches: Urban Habitat Connectivity for Eight Species Groups in ACT

A package of geospatial data containing potential habitat and fragmentation layers for eight species groups in the urban Australian Capital Territory. The data includes connected habitat layers showing core and corridor habitat and remnant patches layers for fragmented areas, developed through ecological connectivity modeling using expert-elicited metrics. The dataset was created by the ACT Government's environment department and was last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Identify potential core and corridor habitat for species groups based on modeled connectivity.
• Prioritize areas for habitat restoration based on predicted remnant patches.
• Analyze habitat fragmentation patterns using patch area and connectivity attributes.
• Model species dispersal capacity using buffered core habitat areas and barrier data.

Strengths

• Includes data for eight distinct species groups, allowing for multi-species analysis.
• Spatial resolution is 1:10,000, providing detailed mapping for urban areas.
• Modeling is based on expert-elicited metrics quantifying specific habitat and connectivity requirements.
• Data provides separate layers for connected habitat and remnant patches, supporting different conservation goals.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation beyond the listed attributes is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the urban ACT region.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi), author environment_ACTGOV.

Collection Method

Spatial layers for habitat and barriers were input into a species-specific habitat connectivity/fragmentation model developed using metrics from expert elicitation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:12:23.757180; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Urban Australian Capital Territory (ACT), coordinate system GDA2020 MGA zone 55.