Fish Connected Habitat: Urban Habitat Connectivity for Eight Species Groups

Eight species groups have modeled habitat connectivity layers for the urban ACT region. The data includes polygons for core, corridor, and remnant habitat patches with attributes like Patch ID, Habitat Type, and Patch Area. It was created by the ACT Government using expert-elicited metrics and spatial barrier modeling.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat fragmentation based on species-specific barrier metrics.
• Identifying core and corridor habitat patches for conservation planning.
• Calculating total connected habitat area for a species group using Patch ID.
• Assessing restoration potential by analyzing remnant habitat patches.
• Mapping urban biodiversity corridors based on Habitat Type classifications.

Strengths

• Eight distinct species groups provide comparative analysis.
• Attributes include Patch Area (Ha) and Connected Habitat Area (Ha) for quantitative assessment.
• Model developed using expert-elicited metrics for species-specific requirements.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation beyond 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)

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:59:27.550149; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Urban ACT region.