Serranía de San Lucas in Colombia is the geographic scope for raster maps of predicted habitat use probability for threatened terrestrial mammals and total mammal species richness. The predictions are derived from multi-species occupancy models using the Forest Integrity Index and distance to villages as covariates. The dataset was authored by Sebastian Botero-Cañola and last updated on April 30, 2026.
Use Cases
- Prioritizing conservation areas based on predicted species richness maps.
- Assessing habitat quality for threatened mammals based on probability of use.
- Comparing the influence of forest integrity versus human proximity on habitat use.
- Informing land-use planning by overlaying predicted habitat use with development maps.
Strengths
- Provides three distinct model outputs: one using Forest Integrity Index, one using distance to villages, and an average model.
- Focuses on a specific, ecologically significant region: the Serranía de San Lucas in Colombia.
- Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description does not specify the exact number of mammal species covered.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Derived from multi-species occupancy models.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-30 22:50:10; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Serranía de San Lucas, Colombia