Dataset Overview

This is a raster map of corridors of expected movement between known populations of American marten (Martes americana) in Vermont, New Hamphire/Maine, and upstate New York (Adirondack Mountains). Corridors were estimated using a cost-distance approach. For details on the development of the map, please see: Aylward, C. M., J. D. Murdoch, T. M. Donovan, C. W. Kilpatrick, C. Bernier, and J. Katz. 2018. Estimating distribution and connectivity of recolonizing American marten in the northeastern United States using expert elicitation techniques. Animal Conservation (doi:10.1111/acv.12417). See figure 5.

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Purpose

Estimating movement corridors between isolated core populations of the American marten using circuit theory. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of expert-opinion data at modeling occupancy for rare species and provide tools for planning marten recovery in the northeastern United States.

Data Collection Status

Data collection for this dataset has been completed

Start date

2015-01-01

End date

2018-01-01

Data Availability

Available for download

Data License

CC BY-NC - Attribution, Non-commercial license logo

Preferred Citation

James Murdoch (2018) Marten corridors in the northeastern United States. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/marten/dataset/corridor

Update Frequency

Not planned

Maintenance Plan

None

Links

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