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1. Open Water np owater The field name for identifying all open water polygons These areas are excluded from the home range smoothing statistic Moisture Regime The field name for identifying moisture regime classes for forested stands 07 06 2006 Page 14 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Strata Select one of the fields that represent a stand s strata type For example strata by default is the prefix that represents fields that identify a stand s strata Each field containing the prefix strata will also have an associated inventory period e g strata_0 The inventory value represents the inventory period and not the inventory year To determine the inventory year multiply the inventory period by the inventory time step specified above Age Select one of the fields that represent a stand s age For example age is the prefix that represents the fields that identify a stand s age Each field containing the prefix age will also have an associated inventory period e g age 0 Crown Closure Select one of the fields that represent the stand s crown closure For example cc is the prefix that represents the fields that define a stand s crown closure Each field containing the prefix cc will also have an associated inventory period e g cc 0 Softwood Select one of the fields that represent a stand s softwood percentage For example swd is the prefix that represents the fields that identify a s
2. 2 Select all default values unless a different program installation location is required The installer will install MMF HSM Moose Model to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse The user should avoid placing the programs root re folder in a location that creates a long path string 22 Long path strings can cause problems when running the model due to limitations within ArcInfo Install MMF HSM Moose Model for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone Just me To uninstall use the Add Remove Programs option on the Control Panel Arc 9 1 users will require a patch to fix an ARCPRESS related bug The patch is included in the programs root folder within the arc9 1 arcpress patch sub folder or it can be downloaded from the ESRI Support Center website http support esri com Sample Dataset The sample data model is provided to help users become familiar with the model s standard data structure It also facilitates the ability to easily execute the model using default model parameters and examine model output and formats The sample data model is located within the general workspace 1 e C mmf_hsm V1 general shape shp The data model contains forest projection snapshots every ten years for 150 years Each inventory period represents a five year planning time step therefore the plannin
3. MANITOBA j ANANN MODEL FOREST NETWORK FORETS MOD LES A Pilot Moose Habitat Model for the Mid Boreal Uplands Ecoregion of the Manitoba Model Forest User Manual June 2006 Aken KBM Forestry Consultants Inc Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Table of Contents INL ive odie BILE TTE URDU EN 3 ORCS aic TT 3 Moose Habitat Data Mode rassin nb e c eut estem ecc oe e Erba UE 3 Habitat Supply Model EISE esteso tmt tee re e tue e e mt ues 5 Analysis a d Interpr tation escusos en ne xodoctudadedsin dus a nce diss xadodtutededs indes sind inten diras 6 IF Program Requirements and Sucre sc 2322 dts sian rious in oaa atia ea eae aoe 6 L2 Propran FUES iUc U oo Nr mr ri rN Sr do ioa a o deu Mu U D Capi a i ama oU ma DM De RUE 6 ZA H 7 Sample Dalase TT P 7 Quick tart TWO tial aeo eroe ente n dod oix eme esent ties diudos ues e De eO Une eases E ebcia EIE 8 3 0 Running the Moose Habitat Supply Model ccc ceeeeesesesessseeseessssessseseeseseessseseeeseeeeeeeeees 11 3 0 Running the Moose Habitat Supply Model esee 11 jo MICE Sire Plor LI EA A 11 BZ Moose TaD aa S 12 Del 5cenarto Bolder BUUOB sic oo diabolum Rea du Iss Mun oM e a A MU 12 Global Variables BOUON oneri E A da dete oe duate ibd ite sd dpa a A 14 SI Curves BON 5 iii toe tono Ro RISE sas E N p a E O s a 15 Non
4. Cover 01 Food AND Cover 02 The SI values must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to one Bonus values are added to each SI value within 100 m of water 0 lt SI lt 1 Save Equation Weights Invalid values are highlighted with an Q icon Placing your mouse cursor over the icon will display the type of error 1 e Numeric value must be between 0 and 1 You should correct all errors before saving since invalid values are still saved to the output parameter file Moose File Viewer View Input Files Button View Pane GRASS coo SEEDLNG 1 Use the Moose File Viewer form to examine Wein all model input parameters and to ensure all DVERMATURE 1 i f an an values are correct prior to running the model The file viewer displays all parameter values LS Woonde stored within the currently selected scenario EE folder Moisture Regime Static V 11 Food IZ Summe Core Selecting the Close button returns you to the V 13 Winter Cover 3 7 main species menu Equation Weights Home Range Inventory File List Path List Global Parameters Close Delete Temporary Folders and Grids Pane The model creates a temporary workspace temp grids for processing intermediate grid layers Users have the option to delete the intermediate grids after each model simulation Many of the intermediate grid layers are stored as floating point grids and require a considerable amount of storage space If storage
5. T 36 for several habitat types or forest parameter variables In addition to the map products a set of T tabular summary tables dBase file format are generated for each habitat type and T forest parameter 4 4 4 4 ar EP T for the creation of a summary poster 24 x 4 9 4 All map images are stored within the user defined output folder Both map frequency charts and tabular statistics are generated using two different SI interval widths The first SI interval type is based on ten interval steps The second interval type is based on three equal interval steps used for defining a high medium low SI ranking system The following table lists the content of the maps subfolder and describes all outputs for the tenth simulation year The maps hi low subfolder is similar to the maps subfolder but is based on the high medium low SI ranking system 07 06 2006 Page 24 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Folder maps 07 06 2006 Image file jpg moose_ 10 home ear 10 home late 10 home sum 10 moose poster si ear 10 si lat 10 si sum 10 moose si cov s 10 cov w 10 food s 10 food w 10 moose forage cover poster vl fd 10 v2 fd 10 v3 fd 10 moose var setl poster v4 cov 10 v5 cov 10 v6 cov 10 v7 cov 10 moose var set2 poster vll fd 10 v12 cov 10 v13 cov 10 moose var set3 poster Description Overall moose habitat quality map Early winter habitat layer after ho
6. suitable This rescaling process converts all output grids from a floating grid format type to an integer grid type format which helps to substantially reduce storage space requirements All output is stored within the user defined output folder The following table lists the content of each subfolder and illustrates all outputs for the tenth simulation year 07 06 2006 Page 22 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Folder Name habitat season grids habitat erids habitat variable grids Zones Grid Name moose 0 home ear 10 home late 10 home sum 10 si ear 10 si lat 10 si sum 10 cov s 10 cov w 10 food s 10 food w 10 vl fd 10 v2 fd 10 v3 fd 10 v4 cov 10 v5 cov 10 v6 cov 10 v7 cov 10 vll fd 10 v12 cov 10 v13 cov 10 zone home cent home home rge pts Description Overall moose habitat quality Early winter habitat layer after home range smoothing Late winter habitat layer after home range smoothing Summer habitat layer after home range smoothing Early winter habitat prior to home range smoothing Late winter habitat prior to home range smoothing summer habitat prior to home range smoothing summer cover habitat Winter cover habitat summer foraging habitat Winter foraging habitat Variable 1 Summer and winter forage by percent conifer Variable 2 Summer and winter forage by seral stage Variable 3 Summer and winter forage by crown closure Variable 4 Summer cover by perce
7. Forested Sies BUO 2 acsep ente deis ue em deiade qu c deii n eus 16 Seral Stage Classification MAUL OM esi ee eo ted xt A tud ete Eo idt EE 16 Moisture Regime BUIOTDSS s et doe nb coste odo btc M eL ees 17 Proximity ang Home Range BOUON Ge eoe rct e eta e c ce be deis 18 Eguation Wele IES BOUNO 2 sro stds dene eee ee sine endete de inet ib e aee bue emt seeded ede tie pe tude 20 Views put Piles BUNOT eeri c paio t dn bU abe hastas tem nd c ab pu ass i eru amu md 21 Delete Temporary Folders and Grids Pane 3455 nen IE He eun 21 Moose Modet Simulation Results carei Dt iot de atem RU 22 3 9 HSM Maps D 9 ae tii th ee eio iD idee titt lacets ene eee ee doutes eee 23 HSM Mip Oui assis Cou nto eno asset erm ra va eatenus a acit oen A erat O S 24 Appendix 1 Sample Strata and Seral Stage Age Break Points seseeseseseeeeeeeeeeeres 24 Appendix 2 Sample Crown Closure Curves cccccccsssssssseceseceeeeeceecceeceeeeeeceeceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas 28 07 06 2006 Page 2 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft 1 0 Introduction This document describes the Moose Habitat Supply Model HSM program and associated sample dataset The HSM is a program developed to help evaluate the effects of long term forest management activities on moose habitat For a complete description of the Moose Habitat Supply Model users are referred to the following document by McNicol and Rudy 2006 A Pilot Moose Habitat Model for
8. HIGH Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 67 to 100 Interval ranges are based on an SI range of 0 100 All model output was re classed from the standard 0 1 SI range to a 0 100 SI range to help minimize storage requirements 07 06 2006 Page 26 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Appendix 1 Sample Strata and Seral Stage Age Break Points Strata Composition Seral Stage Grass Seedling Sapling Immature Mature Overmature 80 100 TA 0 20 softwood 80 100 TA BP WB 0 20 softwood 51 79 hardwood 21 49 softwood Wsor BF or JP 51 79 hardwood 21 49 softwood BS and TL 51 79 softwood 21 49 hardwood WS or BF or JP 51 7996softwood 21 49 hardwood BS and TL 80 100 softwood JP leading 80 100 white spruce WS or BF leading 80 100 softwood BS and TL leading moisture class D F M V 80 100 softwood BS and TL leading moisture class W 07 06 2006 Page 27 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Appendix 2 Sample Crown Closure Curves The following illustrates several sample crown closure curves derived through empirical data interpretation allometric equations and expert opinion Each curve represents the change in crown closure over time for a specific stratum Aspen White Spruce Mixedwood Crown Closure Black Spruce Jack Pine Feathermoss 120 160 Stand Age yrs 200 240 280 320 Crown Closure Black Spruce Labrador
9. Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft automatically updated to reflect the new value All numeric values must be greater or equal to zero with no x values exceeding 100 and no y values exceeding 1 Save All Edits Button Saves all curve edits to the moose rmp curve definition parameter file To exit without saving your edits click on the Close button Non Forested Sites Button The Moose Non forested Menu form sets the non forested HSI classification parameters for the following variables Moose Non forested Menu e Variable 8 Summer and winter forage Non forested HSI Classification Parameters e Variable 9 Summer COVCI and WB Food Summer and winter 9 Cover Summer 10 Cover winter e Variable 10 Winter cover Summer and Winter Food HSI for Non Forested Sites For each variable enter the suitability index SI values for shrub wetlands and treed Shrub willow dogwood 3 e muskeg and treed rock sites The SI values ela piu cepe must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to one Non productive treed muskeg and racks Invalid values are highlighted with an icon An error is highlighted in the above figure since the value entered is outside the valid range of values Placing your mouse cursor over the icon will display the type of error 1 e Numeric value must be between 0 and 1 You should correct all errors before saving since invalid values are still saved to the output paramete
10. on the HSM Maps tab e Click on the Select Output Workspace button o Select the output folder directory where you have saved your simulation results 1 e c quicktour Select Ok to close form e Click on the Select Base Grid button o Select the sample g grid from the Grid file list window and select Apply to close the form e Click on the Continue button to open the HSM Map Window form o Click on the Run button to begin possessing o Close the form when the HSM map and summary statistics processing has been completed e Exit the HSM program o Clicking on the Close button to exit e With Windows Explorer navigate to your output folder 1 e c quicktour o Two new folders called maps and maps hi low have been added to your output folder 07 06 2006 Page 9 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft o Double click on the maps folder to display its contents Double click on a jpg file to view Scroll down and double click on the image file called moose poster jpg to view a compiled poster of habitat suitability index maps e Using Windows Explorer navigate back to your output folder 1 e c quicktour o Several new habitat suitability and forest parameters summary files moose dbf have been added to the output folder Each file is a summary of the critical habitat elements for the full simulation period 07 06 2006 Page 10 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft 3 0 Running the Moose Habitat Supply Mode
11. spatial parameters related to stand proximity and home range zonal algorithms All values are stored within the proximity distance txt file Proximity Tab Moose Proximity and Home Range Menu Neighbourhood Proximity and Home Range Parameters Proximity Home Range Area Home Range Zone Matrix Random Home Range Enter the distance meters for the adjustments of SI IS values based on the proximity between foraging and I A cover habitats in the Distance between foraging and 100 cover box Distance from a water body river lake ponds Proximity to Vater 100 This value defines the radius of a circular window e used to determine the windows maximum summer Save Prosmity Parameters food and summer cover SI value Enter the buffer distance meters to be used around all rivers small lakes lt 260 ha and small bays in the Distance from a water body box Both summer food and cover values falling within these zones are assigned a bonus value due to there proximity to water For further information on these proximity values readers should review the Adjustment of SIs Based on Proximity between Foraging and Cover Habitats section of the Moose HSM document McNicol and Rudy 2006 Home Range Area Tab Enter the area of the moose s home range The home range value is also expressed in square kilometres km along with its Moose Proximity and Home Range Menu Neighbourhood Proximity and Home Range Parameters equival
12. AU DE FORETS MODELES http www madelforest net emfn en Fareste manitaba Close Default Settings Root Folder Crmmf hem Input Data Folder Cimmi hsm Weneral tab form Selecting the Base Grid tab displays the Base Grid tab form The Shape File Input Location pane identifies the input folder location The input shape file is selected by clicking on the Select Shape File button Set the output grid cell size from the Base Grid Cell Size track bar The Output Grid Name displays the grid file that will be created The grid file name is limited to 9 characters If the input shape file contains more than nine characters e g longfilename shp the file name is renamed using the first nine characters with an additional g appended to the file name _e longfilen g Page 11 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Selecting Continue opens the Process Form menu with an ArcInfo command window viewer The Process Form contains a preview of the input shape file the output grid name and its location Click on the Run button to start the base grid processing Selecting the Close button closes the ArcInfo command window and returns the user back to the Base Grid Attribute menu 3 2 Moose Tab HSM Process Base Grid Window Preview Pare Shape Fie Cmmi ham 1 voeneca sample sho Output Path C mend henii garsa Dutput Gnd tele 9 Ascinio Workstation Command Output Window The following section des
13. Select the base grid used for the specific run related to the habitat grids you wish to process Page 23 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Selecting the Continue button opens the HSM Map Window form The Preview Pane lists the gu folder source path and species name LC Weed Fer ie er ge Lrer F rst ad dae Lene rp d selecting the Run button starts the model process Model processing results are displayed within the Arc Info Command Output viewer pane selecting the Close button closes the ArcInfo command window and returns the user back to the Wildlife Species Main Menu form HSM Map Outputs s SCENARIO YEAR MEAN SI SLO SL1 SL2 S13 SUMMER LP 24 G 0 47 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 SUMMER LP _24 G 10 0 51 0 00 0 00 000 0 00 SUMMER LP 24 G 20 0 53 0 00 0 00 000 0 00 SUMMER LP _24 G 30 0 53 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 NEWS E NE EET CN ORC ON aio aes Tete Habitat Supply Mode Mos Summary outputs include a series of 8 5 x ane ier ace 0 248 non om 11 image files displaying a suitability index SUMMER LP 24 G 80 0 48 0 00 0 00 SUMMER LP724 G 90 0 48 0 00 0 00 I jJ ike map and frequency histogram chart for the SUMMER LP 24 G 100 0 48 0 00 0 00 K SUMMER LP724 G 110 048 000 0 00 various HSI and forest parameters A SUMMER LP 24 G 120 D 48 0 00 0 00 4 5 i SUMMER LP7 24 G 130 048 0 00 0 00 5 Woo Ww selected set of images are collected together
14. TER Forested Static Parameters Inventory Time Step years MOISTURE The years between each harvest period TERESE Select a stand attribute column representing the following Age Class Period years Stata arate O STRAT The period in years that defines the age class Age eon D dii Crown Closure cc BE Hardwood hwd 0 HwD Softwood swd SwD Seral Stage sstage SSTAGE Save Seige The remaining parameters access the base grids value attribute table vat Water np water The field name for identifying water polygons This field should identify all rivers small lakes lt 260 ha and small bays on large lakes In order to include smaller bays it s recommended the larger lake polygon be partitioned to allow for the smaller bays to be modelled as distinct zones Stands adjacent to these water bodies will be assigned a summer food and summer cover bonus suitability value see section Proximity to Water Bonus Tab below for more information Shrub np shrub The field name for identifying non treed shrub sites that support willow or dogwood as their primary shrub type Wetlands np wetlands The field name for identifying wetlands which support aquatic vegetation Treed Muskeg and Treed Rock np unprod The field name for identifying treed muskeg and rock outcrops These areas represent treed areas not included within the productive forest land base 1 e Manitoba Conservation 700 and 710 productivity code series
15. The base grid input raster file 1s set using the Select Base Grid button The Base Grid selection Menu not shown is displayed with a listing of all inventory base grids found within the GENERAL workspace Readers are referred to the Base Grid tab section for more information on creating your base grid The selected grid is displayed in the Base Grid pane The Model Configuration Pane holds model configuration buttons for accessing the models input parameters and file viewer forms 07 06 2006 Qutput Location Select Output Workspace L ST emp Select Base Grid sample_g Model Configuration Global variables S Curves Seral Stage Classification Prosimity and Home Range View Input Files Man Farested Sites Moisture Regime Equation Weights Delete Temporary Folders and Grids Foraging and Cover Layers Continue Page 13 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Global Parameter Menu Global Variables Button Global Parameters Inventory Time Step years The Global Parameter Menu displays required fields for Age Class Period years the various model components Except for the nventory Non Forested NP_WATER Time Step and Age Class Period parameters default EE field names are displayed in brackets beside each field NP WETLAND label It is recommended you build your initial input NP UNPROD layer using the default field names shown here Home Range Smoothing Water Mask NP_OWA
16. amic As the first category name suggests static attributes are attributes that remain constant over time They are considered stable because natural non catastrophic changes that may 07 06 2006 Page 3 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft occur are minimal over the short term Static attributes include water wetlands non forested shrub sites non forested unproductive sites and a forested sites moisture regime The following table provides a description of the required static attribute fields Field Specifications Field Description Attribute site type MEN Type Identifies all rivers small lakes 260 ha Water NP WATER number 0 or 1 and small bays on large lakes All water polygons are assigned a code value of 1 Identifies all wetland types that represent Wetland NP WETLAND number 0 or 1 aquatic feeding sites All wetland sites are assigned a code value of 1 Identifies all non forested sites that support either willow salix sp or redosier dogwood Cornus sericea shrub types All shrub sites are assigned a code value of 1 Shrubs NP SHRUB number 0 or 1 Identifies all treed muskeg and treed rock sites These areas are not considered to be part of the productive forested land base NP UNPROD number 0 or Based on the Manitoba Conservation productivity list these sites fall within the 700 and 710 code series All identified sites are assigned a code value of 1 Treed muskeg and treed rock I
17. ange cell The seral stage class is derived by defining an appropriate age break point for each strata See Appendix 1 for an example of age class break points for several forest strata All dynamic field names must contain an integer value to identify its inventory period An inventory period of 0 zero for example represents the first inventory period or today s forest conditions e g AGE 0 Future forest conditions are designated by the inventory period e g AGE 1 AGE 2 and AGE 3 A user defined HSM model parameter defines the time step for each inventory period e g 5 years Habitat Supply Model HSM The HSM generates potential habitat suitability indices for each inventory period along with simple summary statistics and maps for various habitat quality indices and forest parameters The models graphical user interface GUI manages all model inputs within user defined scenario folders AII required parameters are entered or modified through the model s GUI 07 06 2006 Page 5 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft The two main model components are the moose data model discussed in the previous section and model input parameters The moose data model describes the study area s current and future forest conditions The data model is spatially explicit which allows for an assessment of current and or future potential moose habitat under various land use planning scenarios The model parameters for exa
18. cribes the HSM Moose module menus Selecting the Moose tab displays the first of several model input parameter forms Wildlife Species Main Menu File Help Startup Base Grid Moose HSM Maps Set Scenario Folder C mmf_hsm 1 species models moose scen0 Inventory Periods to Process F Select All Years Mjo J Jeo so Ji120 i 50 180 Clio 4 z 1o 130 10 6 190 ze Fls Fla ito Fjo 10 7 200 Default Settings Root Folder Input Data Folder Cimmi hsm 1 Cmm hsm v 1 qeneral 07 06 2006 Set Scenario Folder Button The Set Scenario Folder button opens the Browse for Folder form All input parameters are stored within a user defined scenario folder Model parameters for each species are written to text files and stored within a scenario folder The name of the scenario folder is user defined and must reside within the moose folder For example a scenario consists of a folder located within the moose folder with a user defined label of scen0 1 e C mmf_hsmV 1 species models moose scenO and contains all model parameter files Page 12 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Selecting an existing scenario folder will load all model parameters into memory To create a new scenario folder highlight the moose folder and click on the Make New Folder button Right click on the newly created folder and select the Rename option to assign a new scenario name Clicking the Ok button wi
19. dentifies the moisture regime class for forested stands All forested stands must be assigned a valid moisture regime class label DRY see field range cell FRESH Moisture regime MOISTURE character MOIST Forest data sets lacking a moisture regime WET label can derive a moisture regime class from VERY WET species composition and site class which are aided by available supplementary data sources such as landform and or indicator plants Unique numeric value assigned to all polygons For source data derived from coverages this field can be populated from the coverages internal ID field For source data derived from a shape file this field can be populated from the shape files FID field Unique polygon Identifier HSM_ID number 1 2 3 n Aquatic feeding sites are locations where moose consume large quantities of emergent and submergent aquatic vegetation e g pondweed Potamogeton spp and yellow pond lily Nuphar microphyllum during summer months Dynamic attributes refer to attributes that change over time due to forest succession forest management activities or natural disturbances if modelled Dynamic attributes only apply to forested stands Attributes include stand strata stand age percentage of conifer species within the stand and its seral stage class The following table provides a description of all required dynamic attribute fields 07 06 2006 Page 4 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Attribut
20. e site type Field Specifications Name Field Description Strata Stand Age yrs Percentage of conifer 96 Crown closure Seral Stage STRATA 0 AGE 0 SWD 0 CC 0 SSTAGE 0 Type character number number number character User Defined 0 to 999 0 to 100 0 to 100 Grass Seedling Sapling Immature Mature Overmature The stand strata label is user defined The strata label represents a classification scheme based on species composition and reflects stands with similar species types The strata label is not directly used by the HSM model It is required for assigning the seral stage label and or crown closure values See Appendix 1 for an example of a simple strata classification scheme Identifies the age of each stand Defines the total percentage of all conifer species within the stand A pure conifer stand would be assigned a value of 100 A pure hardwood stand would be assigned a value of 0 Defines the stands crown closure A mature stand where tree crowns block nearly all sunlight from hitting the forest stand floor would be assigned a crown closure value of 100 Forest datasets lacking crown closure values can be derived from field data e g permanent sample plots or through expert option See Appendix II for several crown closure curve examples Defines the stands seral stage class Each forested stand must have a valid seral stage class label see field r
21. e user defined output folder The dBase formatted fields are described in the following table Files dbf Description SI Suitability index label e g summer early late SCENARIO Name of the scenario The base grid name is used as the scenario label YEAR Simulation year e g 0 10 20 30 MEAN SI The overall average SI value SI 0 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 0 and 9 SI 1 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 10 and 19 SI 2 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 20 and 29 moose hab SI 3 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 30 and 39 moose var SI 4 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 40 and 49 SI 5 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 50 and 59 SI 6 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 60 and 69 SI 7 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 70 and 79 SI 8 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 80 and 89 SI 9 Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 90 and 99 SI 10 Percentage of landscape with an SI value equal to 100 SI Suitability index label e g summer early late SCENARIO Name of the scenario The base grid name is used as the scenario label YEAR Simulation year e g 0 10 20 30 Moose_hilow moose_hab_hilow MEAN SI The overall average SI value moose var hilow LOW Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 0 and 33 MEDIUM Percentage of landscape with an SI value between 34 to 66
22. ent radius meters distance Proximity Home Range Area Home Range Zone Matrix Random Home Range Home Hange Parameters This value defines the size of the home TEES range windows used in the home ranging smoothing procedure Home Range km 2 25 Home Range Radius m 2020 9 Save Home Range Parameters Close 07 06 2006 Page 18 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Home Range Zone Matrix Tab Select if the home range smoothing summary statistics will utilize a 4 by 4 16 zonal layers or an 8 by 8 64 zonal layers matrix Home range values are computed from a series of non overlapping zonal grids Moose Proximity and Home Range Menu Neighbourhood Proximity and Home Range Parameters Proximity Home Range Area Home Range Zone Matrix Random Home Range An example of a single non overlapping E zonal grid is illustrated in the Home Range Home range values are computed from a s mS HIS Parameters pane Home range center points home range matrix parameter specifies the number of zonal grids processed Within each are represented by black dots zone habitat values are averaged and assigned to the zone centroid For example by selecting a 4 by 4 matrix Matrix Size 4by 4 16 zonal avers A by 8 64 zonal layers sixteen separate zonal layers will be used in the home range smoothing process Each layer is slightly shifted resulting in each zones centre points to be offs
23. et from center points on the other zonal layers For each layer the habitat values within each circular home range zone are averaged and assigned to each zones centre point The centroid values from each of the 16 layers are then combined to create a single layer of the averaged SI values Selecting an 8 by 8 matrix utilizes more zonal layers 64 layers which in turn results in a higher sampling intensity The home range smoothing approach selected here performs a systematic sample of locations across the area of interest at the scale of an average moose home range as opposed to calculating an average SI value for each cell This approach was selected because the computational time to calculate average SI values for each cell was impractical and moose use their habitat at a much larger scale than that represented by a single cell i e 25m Readers are referred to Plate 12 in Appendix 5 of the Moose HSM document for more information regarding the home range smoothing approach used in this model Random Home Range Tab Moose Proximity and Home Range Menu Neighbourhood Proximity and Home Range Parameters By default the first initial home range zonal grid is anchored to the lower left corner of the base grid Each of the home Proximity Home Range Area Home Range one Matrix Fandom Home Range i Random Home Range ones range zonal grids is then shifted from this Option ta generate a series of random home range zona
24. g periods are in increments of two Le planning period 0 2 4 6 etc The following table is a subset of the sample shp data model to help illustrate the required stand attributes for 6 polygons Dynamic stand attributes are shown for three of the six polygons for two of the 15 inventory periods Attributes containing 0 represent the forests base current stand 07 06 2006 Page 7 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft conditions Attributes containing 2 represent the predicted forest conditions for the second inventory period or tenth year 2 inventory period 5 yrs planning period Examining the table indicates the successional trajectory and forest management activities occurring between inventory periods For example the sixth stand listing Strata 0 NAT HWD2 shows this stand was cut at the beginning of the second inventory period As a result changes to the stands strata age crown closure and seral stage class have occurred gt ya S 7 7 4 si un un 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 NAT HWDI 93 60 0 OVERMATURE NAT HWDI 103 50 0 OVERMATURE 0 0 0 0 0 NAT SWD4 91 50 100 MATURE NAT SWD4 101 50 100 MATURE 0 0 0 0 0 NAT HWD2 9 60 0 OVERMATURE LP HWD2 0 10 0 GRASS 0 0 0 0 0 Quick Start Tutorial The following provides a brief overview of the major processing steps using the sample data model More details are provided in Section 3 The following section ass
25. itat equations e Summer e Early winter e Late winter and e Overall habitat For each seasonal habitat type enter the appropriate weight value The weight values Moose Equation Weights Menu must be greater than or equal to zero and less Equation Weights and Water Proximity Bonus Values than or equal to one The sum of the seasonal weight value must equal one Summer Early winter Late winter Overall Habitat Proximity to Water Bonus Summer Moose Habitat Productive 5 tes 0 x Seasonal Habitat Weight lt 1 Forage Invalid values are highlighted with an icon Placing your mouse cursor over the icon will display the type of error 1 e Forage and cover weights must sum to 1 You should correct all errors before saving since invalid values are still saved to the output parameter file Summer Habitat 5 Food 0 75 Caver O25 07 06 2006 Page 20 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Proximity to Water Bonus Tab Moose Equation Weights M l i pore EI DESI da us Enter the bonus values to be assigned to areas Equation Weights and Water Proximity B Val quation Weights and Water Proximity Bonus Values adjacent to water bodies Bonus values are Summer Early Winter Late Winter Overall Habitat Proximity to Water Bonus assigned to areas within the buffer zones as UT ee defined in the Moose Proximity and Home Adjusted Summer Suitability Habitat SI Rang e Menu Food OR
26. l The HSM menu system is initiated by double c desktop The shortcut is linked to the program directory The program begins by displaying the main Wildlife Species Main Menu form which appears in the upper left corner of your screen Each tab provides access to a specific processing task The Base Grid tab generates the required base input grid from a user defined input shape file The base grid module only needs to be performed once however if the input shape file is modified the base grid must be recreated The Moose tab provides access to the setup and execution forms for generating habitat suitability indices The HSM Maps tab generates suitability indices summary statistics and maps from your model outputs 3 1 Base Grid Tab The following section describes the Base Grid Wildlife Species Main Menu File Help Startup Base Grid Moose HSM Maps Shape File Select Shape File Base Grid Cell Size m 25 v No file selected J 0 Output Location Output Grid Hame Close Default Settings Root Folder Cimmi hsm v 1 Input Data Folder C ummf hsm v1 general 07 06 2006 licking on the MMF Hsm shortcut located on your file located within the program bin installation Wildlife Species Main Menu File Help startup Base Grid Moose HSM Maps MANITOBA l L a N Manitoba Model Forest i Moose Habitat Supply Model MODEL FOREST A METWORK http ww manitobamodelforest net SE
27. l layers By default the lower left corner of the base grid is used as the initial anchor point Asa result the same sample starting location Selecting this option will randomly generate the initial s y coadinates used to generate the home range layers points zone centre points are used in the home range summary statistics each time the model is run C Generate Random Home Range Layers The Generate Random Home Range Layers option solves this problem by randomly generating a new anchor point each time the model is run Using static 07 06 2006 Page 19 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft sample points is useful during model calibration and verification Sample points used in the home range process are stored within a point coverage called zones home rge pts Comparing sample point layers from separate simulations with the Generate Random Home Range layers option enabled will help illustrate the differences in sample point locations Once calibration and verification has been completed it is recommended this option be enabled This allows for the replication of a scenario for assessing variations within a scenario and decreases home range smoothing sampling bias Equation Weights Button The Moose Equation Weights Menu form sets the HSM equation and water proximity weights All values are stored within the habitat_weights txt file Equation weights are assigned to the following seasonal hab
28. ll populate the scenario folder with all required input files A Status form is displayed listing the files created and their location Selecting the Close button returns you back to the Wildlife Species Main Menu Scenario files can also be loaded from the File Load Scenario menu The Scenario Folder File Listing form is displayed not shown with a summary of all parameter files loaded into memory Browse For Folder Select an existing scenario Folder or create a new Folder The new Folder MUST be placed within the Moose Prograrn Folder C program C3 shared amls E species O hsmmaps i models C3 common E 3 moose ic scent scent 3 MSOCache r D n 1 1 You can easily create multiple scenarios by first creating a base case scenario from the Set Scenario Folder button With Windows Explorer copy and rename your base case scenario folder and then reload the newly created scenario folder and modify as required The Make New Folder button on the Browse For Folder menu has a quirky behaviour of sometimes not appearing on the form Closing and reopening the form or restarting the program will usually cause the button to reappear Clicking the Continue button on the Moose tab opens the Moose Main Menu form The output folder location is set with the Select Output Workspace button The selected folder Moose Main Menu Moose HSM Main Menu path is displayed within the Output Location pane
29. me range smoothing map Late winter habitat layer after home range smoothing map Summer habitat layer after home range smoothing map Poster of seasonal habitat types for years 0 10 20 30 40 90 120 150 Early winter habitat prior to home range smoothing map Late winter habitat prior to home range smoothing map summer habitat prior to home range smoothing map Poster of seasonal habitat types for years 0 10 20 30 40 90 120 150 Summer cover habitat map Winter cover habitat map summer foraging habitat map Winter foraging habitat map Poster of habitat types for years 0 10 20 30 40 90 120 150 Variable 1 Summer and winter forage by percent conifer Variable 2 Summer and winter forage by seral stage Variable 3 Summer and winter forage by crown closure Poster set 1 of forest variable for years 0 10 20 30 40 90 120 150 Variable 4 Summer cover by percent conifer Variable 5 Summer and winter cover by seral stage Variable 6 Summer and winter cover by crown closure Variable 7 Summer cover by percent conifer Poster set 2 of forest variable for years 0 10 20 30 40 90 120 150 Variable 11 Summer and winter forage by moisture class Variable 12 Summer cover by moisture class Variable 13 Winter cover by moisture class Poster set 3 of forest variable for years 0 10 20 30 40 90 120 150 Page 25 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft A set of three summary tables are generated for each interval type and stored with th
30. mple relate important forest attributes e g seral stage to moose habitat suitability defines the spatial relationships between habitat and their proximity to specific land features e g areas close to water and home range size e g 2 500 ha The analyst can modify all model parameters to suit a specific region The model s default parameter settings are regionally specific to the Mid Boreal Uplands Ecoregion in western Manitoba The HSM is raster based and generates suitability index and forest parameter output files formatted as ESRI grids Analysis and Interpretation Most modelling exercises involve multiple simulation runs Multiple runs result from the two feedback loops shown above model parameter refinement and forest planning refinement The model parameter refinement feedback loop occurs during the model validation and calibration stage It generally involves adjusting specific model parameters e g shifting a crown closure suitability index curve and is usually linked to a sensitivity analysis A sensitivity analysis is performed to determine which model parameters are the least sensitive to adjustment The forest planning refinement loop is related to modifications to your forest management activities This may involve for example an adjustment to your harvest schedule to help maintain a specific level of potential moose habitat in a particular area Any modification to the forest data model requires the analyst to rebuild
31. nt conifer Variable 5 Summer and winter cover by seral stage Variable 6 Summer and winter cover by crown closure Variable 7 Summer cover by percent conifer Variable 11 Summer and winter forage by moisture class Variable 22 Summer cover by moisture class Variable 13 Winter cover by moisture class Home range zonal grid A series of 16 zonal grids are generated when a 4 by 4 matrix is selected A series of 64 zonal grids are created if an 8 by 8 matrix 1s selected Each zonal grid is slightly shifted from the lower left anchor point Home range centroid grid Centroids are derived from the center point of each home range zone Point coverage illustrating the sampling points used in the home range smoothing process Generated by combining all of the home range centroid grids Calculated from the seasonal home range habitat layers Required for calculating home range statistics 3 3 HSM Maps Tab The HSM Maps module generates habitat snapshots and summary posters for a selected scenario Wildlife Species Main Menu File Help Startup Base Grid Moose HSM Maps Location where your model outputs are stored Select Output Workspace C scenano23 Base Grid Select Base Grid sample_g Default Settings Root Folder Cimmi hsm v 1 07 06 2006 Close Input Data Folder Cimmi hsm v 1 general Select Output Location Select the folder containing the model outputs from a completed model simulation Base grid
32. on in the Matrix Size pane e Click on the Save Parameters button to save your changes e Close the Moose Proximity and Home Range Menu form o Click on the View Input Files button e Click on the Home Range button to view the proximity and home range parameters file contents Check to ensure the HOME RANGE MATRIX variable is equal to 4 e Close the Moose File Viewer form o Click on the Continue button to open the HSM Process Window form e Click on the Run button to begin processing The processing time is dependent on the size of your forest the number of inventory steps the home range matrix size and your computers processing speed e Close the form when the model simulation has finished processing e Close the Moose Main Menu form o Open ArcCatalog and navigate to the output folder 1 e c quicktour e Expand the habitat_grids workspace list This workspace should contain a series of habitat suitability indices grids for years 0 10 20 30 40 and 50 e Highlight one of the suitability index grids for summer cover 1 e cov_s 0 To view select the Preview tab e Select the blue i icon on the top menu Clicking in the preview pane displays the suitability index value within the Identify Results window A zero value represents unsuitable summer cover habitat A value of 100 represents suitable summer cover habitat e Close all forms and exit ArcCatalog Step 4 Generate moose suitability maps and summary statistics e Click
33. r file O lt SI lt 1 Edits are saved by clicking on the Save button located on the bottom of each tab Parameters for each variable are stored within one of the following files nonprod cover summer txt nonprod cover winter txt or nonprod food txt Moose Seral 5tage Menu A m E3 E Seral Stage HSI Classification Parameters Seral Stage Classification Button Ve Food Summer and winter WT Cover Summer and Winter The Moose Seral Stage Menu form sets the seral stage HSI classification parameters for the following variables Summer and Winter Food Seral Stage H 51 Grass Forbs Shrub Seedling e Variable 2 Summer and winter forage and PETS Gna e Variable 5 Summer and winter cover Immature For each variable enter the suitability index SI Hour values for each of the six seral stages The SI Overmature values must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to one O lt SI lt 1 Close 07 06 2006 Page 16 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Invalid values are highlighted with an Q icon Placing your mouse cursor over the icon will display the type of error 1 e Numeric value must be between 0 and 1 You should correct all errors before saving since invalid values are still saved to the output parameter file Edits are saved by clicking on the Save button located on the bottom of each tab Parameters for each variable are stored within one of the following text files
34. seral stage cover txt or seral stage food txt Moisture Regime Button The Moose Moisture Regime Menu form sets the moisture regime HSI classification parameters for the following variables e Variable 11 Summer and winter forage e Variable 12 Summer cover and Moore Moisture Regime Menu e Variable 13 Winter cover Moisture Regime HSI Classification Parameters V11 Food Summer and Winter 12 Cover Summer V13 Cover Winter For each variable enter a suitability index Gunmor and Winker Food HSlforForested Sates SI value for each of the five moisture regimes The SI values must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to 08 one 1 0 Dry 02 Wet 0 4 0 SI gt l Very Wet 0 2 Save Summer and Winter Food Parameters Invalid values are highlighted with an B icon Placing your mouse cursor over the icon will display the type of error Le Numeric value must be between 0 and 1 You should correct all errors before saving since invalid values are still saved to the output parameter file Edits are saved by clicking on the Save button located on the bottom of each tab Parameters for each variable are stored within one of the following text files moisture cover summer txt moisture cover winter txt or moisture food summer txt 07 06 2006 Page 17 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Proximity and Home Range Button The Moose Proximity and Home Range Menu form sets
35. space is an issue or intermediate grid files are not needed it is recommended the temporary workspace be deleted 07 06 2006 Page 21 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft Once you have edited all required model HSM Process Window Premier Pare parameters click the Continue button to Gon mae open the HSM Process Window The puo Pelr Semana Lund There epescurs modelos oom Preview Pane lists the species name i output path and the scenario s folder TURCA location Copvrighr i 1502 2005 Emnvironmenral 5ys Selecting the Run button starts the model process Model processing results are displayed within the Arc Info Command Output viewer pane Selecting the Close button closes the ArcInfo command window and returns the user back to the Moose Main Menu Selecting the Close button on the Moose Main Menu form returns you back to the Wildlife Species Main Menu form Moose Model Simulation Results The model generates a suite of habitat suitability index HSI grids for each inventory period modelled The grid naming convention contains a prefix of the habitat type followed by the inventory year 1 e cov s 10 An HSI traditionally consists of values ranging between zero and one with zero suitability values indicating the potential for unsuitable habitat and suitability values of one indicating the potential for suitable or optimum moose habitat All HSI grids are rescaled to a range between 0 unsuitable and 100
36. tand s softwood percentage Each field containing the prefix swd will also have an associated inventory period e g swd 0 Seral Stage Select one of the fields that represent a stand s seral stage For example sstage is the prefix that represents the fields that identify a stand s seral stage Each field containing the prefix sstage will also have an associated inventory period e g sstage 0 Click the Save Settings button to save your changes to the global parameters txt file SI Curves Button The Suitability Curves SI Menu form defines the reclassification or standardization curves for the following variables Variable 1 Summer and winter forage by percent conifer cover Variable 3 Summer and winter forage by crown closure Variable 4 Summer cover by percent conifer Variable 6 Summer and winter cover by crown closure and Variable 7 Winter cover by percent conifer cover Selecting an SI variable populates the SI curve BEXEXIXIS IDE inflection point fields Each curve is defined by a 55 Oww in series of x y points maximum of six points are pos Mies allowed The model performs a linear interpolation between each point therefore you only need to enter v the main inflection points Curve adjustments are made by editing the x and y I Em fields in the Chart Values pane The curve displayed E vid 005 451 601 9002 00 00 in the Chart Area and Curve File Format panes is 07 06 2006 Page 15 of 28
37. tea Feathermoss 20 30 40 50 120 160 200 240 280 320 360 400 Stand Age yrs Crown Closure 120 160 Stand Age yrs 200 240 280 320 360 400 07 06 2006 Page 28 of 28
38. the Mid Boreal Uplands Ecoregion of the Manitoba Model Forest The following illustrates the overall work flow and processing components The four main components are forest data moose habitat data model habitat supply model and analysis and interpretation Habitat Supply Model Habsat data model Stand lava habitat DEUS Spatial adjacency aoe rules ml hakieal vaghi Pole Paprsreser Restroseni dha Waeg Forest Data The forest data component provides the basic forest attributes for the HSM A Forest Resource Inventory FRI GIS layer generally forms the base forest data layer It should describe general forest conditions such as non forested and forested areas along with species composition and stand age The initial forest data may consist of a single time step 1 e current forest land base or a series of spatially explicit snapshots of future forest conditions One method of generating future forest conditions is through the use of spatially explicit harvest scheduling and forest growth projection tools Moose Habitat Data Model The moose habitat data model helps maintain a standard data structure Utilizing a standard data model allows different forest data types with varying levels of detail to be used The development of the moose data model is a required pre processing step by the analyst The data model is a spatially explicit ESRI shape file containing two basic field attribute categories static and dyn
39. the moose data model to rerun the HSM 1 1 Program Requirements and Structure The HSM package was designed to run within ArcInfo s workstation environment and is structured around the Arc Macro Language aml Users interact with the program through a series of custom menus It requires Arc Info Workstation and the associated Grid module to run 1 2 Program File Structure Due to the complex set of input and output files the program maintains a rigid file structure for storing both input and output files A complete description of all input and output files and their locations are described in later sections The HSM program maintains a rigid file program structure The following table describes the core program file folders Folder Name Description Program Menu and start up program file 1 e hsmMoose exe General Workspace for all spatial input files Shared Amls Shared program aml files Species level program aml and input files Input files are stored within individual Species scenario folders e g scenO as sub folders within the models folder Once created a scenario folder stores all required input parameter files 07 06 2006 Page 6 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft 2 0 Setup The complete program package and sample dataset for the HSM is included within the main Setup exe install file To install i MMF HSM Moose Model 1 Double click the Setup exe file Select Installation Folder
40. umes you have successfully installed the model and have valid ArcInfo Workstation and Grid licences available Step 1 Start program e Double click on the MMF Hsm desktop shortcut to open the main Wildlife Species Main menu Step 2 Create base grid e Click on the Base Grid tab e Click the Select Shape File button o Select the sample moose data model shape file called sample shp and Close form e Set the base grid cell size to 25m e Click on Continue to display the HSM Process Base Grid Window form o Click on the Run button to begin the shape file to grid conversion process o Close the form when the grid processing is completed Step 3 Generate moose suitability indices e Click on the Moose tab e Click on the Set Scenario Folder button o Expand the moose program folder o Select the default scenario folder called scen0 and Close form e Select inventory periods year 0 10 20 30 40 and 50 e Click on the Continue button to open the Moose Main Menu form o Click on the Select Output Workspace button e Create a new folder on your c drive called quicktour c quicktour and Close the form o Click on the Select Base Grid button 07 06 2006 Page 8 of 28 Moose Habitat Supply Model User Manual Draft e Select the sample g grid you created in Step 2 and click on the Apply button to close the form o Click on the Proximity and Home Range button e Select the Home Range Zone Matrix tab e Select the 4 by 4 16 zonal layers opti

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