Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Predicted Habitat - CWHR B357 [ds2253]

CWHR Predicted Habitat Suitability. This dataset represents areas of suitable habitat within the species ranges based on California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR 2016) and a statewide best-available vegetation map (FVEG2015, FRAP 2015). Habitat suitability ranks of Low (less than 0.34), Medium (0.34-0.66), and High (greater than 0.66) suitability are based on the mean expert opinion suitability value for each habitat type for breeding, foraging, and cover.

Please note that the data is represented in raster format with a pixel size of 30 meters. In the case of species that rely on habitat types that are difficult to map at this scale, such as riparian or wetland habitat types, the amount of representative habitat may be underestimated or inaccurately mapped due to aggregation into pixels with a majority type not used by the species.