U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Date of this Version
August 1985
Abstract
This document is part of the Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) Model Series [Biological Report 82(10)] which provides habitat information useful for impact assessment and habitat management. Several types of habitat information are provided. The Habitat Use Information Section is largely constrained to those data that can be used to derive quantitative relationships between key environmental variables and habitat suitability. This information provides the foundation for the HSI model and may be useful in the development of other models more appropriate to specific assessment or evaluation needs. The HSI Model Section documents the habitat model and includes information pertinent to its application. The model synthesizes the habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application and is scaled to produce an index value between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) and 1.0 (optimum habitat). The HSI Model Section includes information bout the geographic range and seasonal application of the model, its current verification status, and a list of the model variables with recommend measurement techniques for each variable.
Comments
Published by Biological Report 82(10.101); August 1985.