Abstract: Alberta Environment and Protected Areas and the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) jointly developed a Landscape Connectivity indicator for the province of Alberta. An Equivalent Connected Area index was selected to measure landscape connectivity and assess changes in connectivity over time. The indicator accounts for three broad land cover types: Upland Forest, Lowland Forest and Grass-Shrub. Landscape connectivity for the three land cover types, and an aggregated value, were calculated for all Hydrological Unit Code 8 (HUC 8) watersheds in Alberta for 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 using four GIS layers: the Human Footprint Inventories created and maintained by the ABMI through the Alberta Human Footprint Monitoring Program, the Wall-to-Wall Vegetation Layer Including “Backfilled” Vegetation created and maintained by the ABMI; the wildlife crossing locations in National Parks provided by Parks Canada, and the Hierarchical Watershed Boundaries of Alberta created and maintained by the Government of Alberta. The calculations of connectivity accounted for the recovery of forest harvest areas.
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Planning Branch, Lands Division
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Delivery point:
3rd Floor, Petroleum Plaza South Tower
Delivery point:
9915 108 St NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
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T5K 2G8
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Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
EPA.Planning@gov.ab.ca
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Date stamp:
2024-08-08
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Landscape Connectivity Indicator
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-11-28
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-01-18
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Planning Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, Petroleum Plaza South Tower
Delivery point:
9915 108 St NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
EPA.Planning@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas and the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) jointly
developed a Landscape Connectivity indicator for the province of Alberta. An Equivalent Connected Area index
was selected to measure landscape connectivity and assess changes in connectivity over time. The indicator
accounts for three broad land cover types: Upland Forest, Lowland Forest and Grass-Shrub. Landscape
connectivity for the three land cover types, and an aggregated value, were calculated for all Hydrological
Unit Code 8 (HUC 8) watersheds in Alberta for 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 using four GIS layers: the
Human Footprint Inventories created and maintained by the ABMI through the Alberta Human Footprint
Monitoring Program, the Wall-to-Wall Vegetation Layer Including “Backfilled” Vegetation created and
maintained by the ABMI; the wildlife crossing locations in National Parks provided by Parks Canada, and the
Hierarchical Watershed Boundaries of Alberta created and maintained by the Government of Alberta. The
calculations of connectivity accounted for the recovery of forest harvest areas.
Purpose:
The Landscape Connectivity indicator is intended to measure and track connectivity of three broad habitat
types (Upland Forest, Lowland Forest and Grass-Shrub) compared to a reference state prior to disturbance.
This indicator captures information about the amount of undisturbed land cover and its configuration across
the landscape.
Credit:
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
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completed
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Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Planning Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, Petroleum Plaza South Tower
Delivery point:
9915 108 St NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
EPA.Planning@gov.ab.ca
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Alberta, Canada
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Landscape Connectivity
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Equivalent Connected Area
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Upland Forest
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Lowland Forest
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Grass-Shrub
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theme
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Public/Unrestricted
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https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
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Citation:
Title:
Landscape Connectivity Indicator for Alberta
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-08-12
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Planning Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, Petroleum Plaza South Tower
Delivery point:
9915 108 St NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
EPA.Planning@gov.ab.ca
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60.095171
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Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
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7804277374
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7804220712
Address:
Address:
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14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Data@gov.ab.ca
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https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/LandscapeConnectivityIndicator.zip
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https://open.alberta.ca/publications/landscape-connectivity-indicator-for-alberta
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PDF document for Landscape Connectivity Indicator for Alberta report
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Data quality:
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Statement:
Four datasets were used for indicator calculation: (1) Human Footprint Inventories created and maintained
by the ABMI through the Alberta Human Footprint Monitoring Program, (2) Wall-to-Wall Vegetation Layer
Including “Backfilled” Vegetation by ABMI, (3) Wildlife crossing locations in National Parks by Parks
Canada, and (4) Hierarchical Watershed Boundaries of Alberta by Government of Alberta.
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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