Grassland Reptiles Connected Habitat: Urban ACT Species Groups

A geospatial dataset contains 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 restoration planning. It was created by the ACT Government using expert-elicited metrics and ecological connectivity modeling.

Use Cases

• Identify core and corridor habitats for species groups based on the Habitat Type attribute.
• Calculate total connected habitat area for conservation planning using the Connected Habitat Area (Ha) field.
• Assess fragmentation and prioritize restoration sites using the Remnant Patches layers.
• Perform spatial analysis of habitat patch connectivity using Patch ID and polygon geometry.

Strengths

• Includes data for eight distinct species groups.
• Attributes include Patch Area (Ha) and Connected Habitat Area (Ha) for quantitative analysis.
• Model developed using metrics derived from expert elicitation.
• Spatial resolution is 1:10,000 and uses the GDA2020 MGA zone 55 coordinate system.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on the urban ACT.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

Spatial layers created and input into a habitat connectivity/fragmentation model designed for each species group.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 03:00:00.863784; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Urban Australian Capital Territory (ACT)