Anthropogenic disturbance footprint within boreal caribou ranges across Canada - As interpreted from 2008-2010 Landsat satellite imagery (Updated to 2012 range

Contents & fields

This dataset contains vector data (SHP format) representing anthropogenic disturbance footprints within boreal caribou ranges in Canada. Disturbance types are classified as polygonal and linear features. Polygonal disturbances include: cutblocks, mines, reservoirs, built-up areas, well sites, agriculture, oil and gas facilities, and unknown features. Linear disturbances include: roads, railways, powerlines, seismic exploration lines, pipelines, dams, air strips, and unknown features. The data also includes 500m buffers (zone of influence) for calculating disturbance levels. The source page provides field name and description files (TXT format) but does not list specific field names in the main text.

Research uses

Suitable for boreal caribou habitat assessment, resource selection function modeling, disturbance level analysis, integrated risk assessment, and studies on the impact of anthropogenic disturbances on wildlife populations.

This card was drafted from the source page; institution, coverage, time span, scale, fields and license are subject to the official page (pending human review).