GIS habitat analysis for lesser prairie-chickens in southeastern New Mexico

BMC Ecology

Table 1 Vegetation map units, areas, and groupings according to LPCH habitat suitability.

MU#	Group	MU Description	Hectares	Group Totals
1	A	Shin-Oak/Mixed Mid-Grass & Tall-Grass Duneland	82642
2	A	Shin-Oak/Sparse Duneland	73894
3	A	Shin-Oak/Mixed Mid-Grass & Tall-Grass Shrubland	26232
5	A	Shin-Oak/Mixed Mid-Grass & Short Grass Shrubland	139591
6	A	Shin-Oak/Sparse Shrubland	21081
15	A	Shin-Oak-Sand Sagebrush Shrubland	2921
8	A	Sand Sagebrush Shrubland	9153
		Total Group A habitat		*355515*
24	B	Mixed Grasses/Shin-Oak Grassland	23465
23	B	Mid-Grass Grassland	17868
13	B	Tall-Grass Grassland	2854
		Total Group B habitat		*44187*
		Total lesser prairie-chicken habitat	*399702*
7	C	Honey Mesquite-Shin-Oak/Short-Grass Shrubland	35626
10		Honey Mesquite Shrubland	55321
14		Honey Mesquite Sparse Shrubland	55521
11		Escarpment-Footslope Shrubland	2515
		Total non shin-oak shrubland	*148983*
		Total shrubland	*504498*
16		Short-Grass Grassland	145906
25		Short-Grass/Honey Mesquite Grassland	61259
28	C	Treated Mixed Mid-Grass and Tall-Grass Grassland	8379
		Total Group C		*44006*
		Total grassland	*259731*
19		CRP Fields	13482
20		Agricultural Fields	19198
26		Playa Lakebed	2278
27		Barren/Sparsely Vegetated/Manmade Disturbance	77612
		Total Other	*112570*
		Study area total	*876799*

Group A – occupied and suitable, Group B – seasonal and transitional use, Group C – potential restoration areas. Areas calculated using ERDAS Imagine.

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