KiteNest modeling scripts and output

KiteNest is a spatially explicit model of Everglades snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) relative nest site selection that quantifies the relationships between a range of environmental factors and nest site selection specific to the southern portion of the species' range. Using hydrologic conditions such as mean 2-week water depth and water depth change rate, days since the last fire, distance to the nearest fire within the last year, and percent canopy cover, KiteNest provides biweekly probabilities of relative snail kite nest site selection on a 400 x 400 m grid. Here we provide the scripts to extract and calculate the model inputs, generate the model, validate the model, and produce predictions of snail kite relative nest site selection across the landscape from 1996 through 2017. A NetCDF of these predicted probabilities is also provided for users. For full details of the model development process, see Larger Work citation.

KiteNest是一款空间显式模型（spatially explicit model），用于模拟大沼泽地蜗牛鸢（Everglades snail kite，学名Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus）的相对巢址选择，可量化该物种分布南部区域内各类环境因子与巢址选择之间的关联关系。该模型依托平均两周水深、水深变化速率、末次火灾距今天数、近一年内最近火灾的空间距离以及冠层覆盖百分比等环境与水文条件，可在400×400米的网格上生成每两周更新一次的蜗牛鸢相对巢址选择概率。本数据集提供了用于提取与计算模型输入数据、构建模型、验证模型，以及生成1996年至2017年全域蜗牛鸢相对巢址选择预测结果的代码脚本。同时还为用户提供了存储上述预测概率的NetCDF格式文件。如需了解模型开发全流程的详细细节，请参阅对应参考文献著录。