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Ontario`s Landscape Tool User`s Manual

1. i E i i by m m J J tys 5 i Fi i Lal i ol gt r i gt 1 7 r F PV i e d gt i Vail x i i i a us a i i ar l I Ta Elkie P C A Smiegielski Julie Elliot Rob Kushneriuk and R S Rempel 2013 Ontario s Landscape Tool User s Manual Version 2013 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Policy Division Forests Branch Policy Section Guides Unit Sault Ste Marie Ontario Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Science and Information Geomatics Service Centre Thunder Bay Ontario Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Applied Research and Development Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research Thunder Bay Ontario M be Ontario Contents NN 1 Tee e de EEE NE 2 Deer Winter Yards and Moose Enhanced Areas ccccscccessccsssecseseeceseeceeeecsseecssaeecsneeeesaeessneeeeeaeess 4 WT 5 Science and Information Menu Item rsrronrornnrvrnnrrenvvrenversnrrrnvrrenversnvvrsnvrsnvnrenvessnrrssnnssnnesenvessnrrsnvnssnvesennenns 6 PONTA 7 Provincial SRNV Tab Box and Whisker Diagram sub TAB rrrrnnrvrnonrvrrnnnrvernnnvvrnnnvvrrsnnrnrrsnvssrn 7 Box and Whisker Dalal SUD HT AB wscj cies dnsasteesicastendsnadsienisecasenetonaventesasseedsnedsindsasudlswonesavsedasesseadsiedoaveveneneeecessss 9 Pattern Chart sub TAB wissen cansscaccasvcintecaunidtunnscestincenssdcmmeducatucwans lnenaa
2. 100 Measurement Proportions Refuge Habitat Hexagon size scale 30 000 ha Indicator field Caribou Refuge P CARI 4 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 30 000 ha hexagon Caribou Refuge Patches Northwest Region Values 0 8 Measurement Patches Refuge Habitat Hexagon size scale 1 ha Water Indicator field son Size ha Caribou Winter PA_CARI oan EE EE 251 500 Description W501 1000 The legend is an interpretation using MM 1001 5000 the majority function of the proportion 5001 10000 within a 1 ha hexagon MB 10001 20000 HE 20000 Caribou Winter Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Winter Habitat Hexagon size scale 0 8 ha gn EE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Indicator tield Caribou Winter P_CARI DE 61 80 E E 31 100 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 0 8 ha hexagon Page 90 Caribou Winter 500 ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Winter Habitat Hexagon size scale 500 ha Indicator field Caribou Winter P CARI 2 Description The legend is an interpretation using Water No Habitat HE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Me 21 40 my 41 60 Me 61 80 Me 21 100 the majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha hexagon Caribou W
3. 100 Measurement Proportions Habitat Suitability Index Food and Cover Hexagon size scale 50 ha _ Water Percent Hexagon with Habitat Indicator field Moose H S 1 HSIFC1 No Habitat Me 1 20 Description The legend is an interpretation 21 0 using the majority function of the nl proportion within a 50 ha hexagon BE 21 100 Moose HSI Precipitation Coldest Quarter Northwest and Northeast Region ai Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Habitat Suitability Index Precipitation Coldest Quarter a Hexagon size scale 50 ha me Water Percent Hexagon with Habitat Indicator field Moose H S 1 HSIPCQ1 eas BE 21 40 Description 41 60 The legend is an interpretation using the EE 61 80 majority function of the proportion within E 21 100 a 50 ha hexagon Page Moose HSI Temperature Coldest Quarter Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Temperature Reg os Coldest Quarter Habitat Suitability Index eg UG Hexagon size scale 50 ha E Water Percent Hexagon with Habitat Indicator field Moose H S 1 HSIATCQ1 No Habitat DE 1 20 Description The legend is an interpretation apai using the majority function of the proportion g 51 20 within a 50 ha hexagon BE 1 100 Moose HSI Temperature Warmest Quarter Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Temperature Warmest Quarter Habita
4. Field name Field Type Values Mea_id Numeric 1 999 Label String Yard name Note Example files are installed in the C ProgramData OltData OL T INRVIS folder Page 18 Once you have specified a scenario name typed in a description selected an inventory shape file with a valid projection file and selected either a generic import or FIM import and if applicable selected optional deer yards and moose emphasis areas file then the Create button will become activated Click Create to begin the import process The import and scenario creation routines usually take between 15 minutes to 30 minutes During this time OLT will import the shape file geometry and attributes classify the shape file into landscape guide forest units develooment stages and landscape classes OLT will then trigger LSL to build appropriate parcel hexagon files Once the install is complete a LOG file is generated which contains information about the inventory i e number of polygons imported and classified warnings errors etc You can open this file when prompted immediately following the import routines or you can access the LOG text file later You may also access the import log using the Import log tab once a scenario has been loaded Ontario s Landscape Tool 2013 LSL64 Build 3 0 480 Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region NW Area Whitefeather Forest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Provincial SANY Scenarios
5. Caribou Ranges Area Caribou Forest v Indicator Carbou Winter Scale 1ha Olt Queue Olt Job Cancel Page 11 Key Map sub TAB I eo faset 3 3 p nero andsenpe Tool 2013 E ELT Screnceinformabon Help The key map sub tab will display a key map illustrating the location where the selected SRNV is located including the total land area and in some spenne cases the crown land PETTEE TN area Ontano s Landscape Fool 2013 EL I fot OLT Semencelinforration Help Ciete Szenario Repor MW Arer Whiteleather Forest Vear MII Scenaro Whitelealber Har orade Hisi Once you have successfully created a scenario the scenario name with a corresponding check box will become visible on the right hand side of the Provincial SRNV page Check this box to plot the values of the current scenario for comparisons to the selected SRNV Simulation Box amp Whisker Area Whitefeather Forest Indicator Caribou Winter Page 12 Tool Options Tab The Tools Option tab provides you with several iai Welcome Frorias SFR Scone Map Sencbid boda Cokedetetndeatos Mew Repets lnpo Log TodtOpions Abon i ipe arii Reger MA Arer Whileleater Ford options to consider when running OLT Exit LSL on script completion If this box is not checked LSL will remain open when it has finished executing a specific indicator script You should leave this box unchecked if you
6. If you wish to run Boreal indicator models extract all files from the Boreal NRVIS zip file to the C ProgramData OltData OLT NRVIS folder If these files are not placed in this directory you will not be able to run Boreal models or create scenarios If you wish to run GLSL indicator models extract all files from the GLSL NRVIS zip file to the C ProgramData OltData OL T NRVIS folder If these files are not placed in this directory you will not be able to run GLSL models or create scenarios Page 3 Deer Winter Yards and Moose Enhanced Areas OLT will enable both a deer yards and moose enhanced area models providing a file representing either exist in the NRVIS folder prior to creating a scenario deeryards shx deeryards shp de eryar ds sb K deeryards sbn deeryards prj deeryards dbf The deer yards files must include the full suite of files associated with a shape file The DBF file should include a YARD ID field This numeric field should contain a unique label for each unique deer yard OLT will allow the user to select from this field to do analysis MooseEmphasisAreas shx Similar to deer winter yards a moose emphasis MooseEmphasisAreas shp area suite of files associated the a shape file must exist if the user wishes to perform analysis MooseEmphasisAreas sbx on unique moose emphasis areas The DBF file MooseEmphasisAreas sbn should include a MEA ID field This numeric field MooseEmphasisAr
7. rmmmrvrannvernnrvrennrrrnnvrrennrrrnnverenrrrsnnversnrrsrnnvessnrnsennvsnnnnenn 88 Caribou Capability Northwest Region rrrrnvrrranvrrnnnvennnvrrnnnvrnnnrrrsnvvrnnnvernnvnrennvensnvnsennvsnsnvessnnnsnnnne 88 Caribou Refuge Northwest Re QION cccccccssscssssecsssscssssecsseecesseecseesesssesseesssasessesessseeessaseesas 89 Caribou Refuge 500 ha Northwest Region rrnnrrrnnvvrnnnvrrnnvvrrnnvrrnnnvrnnnvensnvnrnnnvensnnnsnnnvsnnnvnssnnnsnnnne 89 Caribou Refuge 6 000 ha Northwest Region rrrrnvvrrnnvrrrnvvrnnnrrrenvrrnnnverenvrrnnnversnrnsnnnversnvnssnnnsnnnne 89 Caribou Refuge 30 000 ha Northwest Region r rrrsrrrnvrrrnvvrnnnvrrenvrrrnnvrrsnvrrnnnvernnrnrnnnvsrsnvessnnnsnnnne 90 Caribou Refuge Patches Northwest Region rrrrnvrrrnnvrrnnnvrnnnvrrsnvrrnnnverenvnrnnnvennnvnsnnnvsnsnvnssnnnsnnnne 90 Caribou Winter Northwest R QION ccccccssccsssccssccssssccsssecsssecesseecseecsssseseeecssaeessseessseeessaeesees 90 Caribou Winter 500 ha Northwest Region rrrnrrranvvrrnnvrrrnvvrnnnvrrnnrrrnnnvrrsnvrrnnnversnnnssnnvsnsnvessnnnsnnnne 91 Caribou Winter 6 000 ha Northwest Region cccscccssssccesssecessseccesseecesseeeessseecessseeeesseeseaees 91 Caribou Winter 30 000 ha Northwest Region rrranvrrrnnvrrnnvvrnnnvrrsnvvrrnnversnvrrnnnversnvrsnnnvsnsnvnssnnnsnnnne 91 Caribou Winter Patches Northwest Region cccccccsccssecesseeesseecsssecssseesseecssseesseesesseeesseeeeas 92 C
8. 0 00 832 77 1304 39 0 00 7 112 12 467 52 Source Bfolds Model Simulation Model SRNV Import Date 2008 03 19 Status Forest Management Unit summaries include Crown land area only Box and Whisker Diagram Box and Whisker Data Pattern bart Pattern Data Area Filter Forests FMU 0 Ecodistricts Landscape Guide Regions Wildlife Management Units WMU Caribou Ranges rea Caribou Forest Indicator Forest Unit Type BfDom Olt Job Cancel The data values include the upper range lower range upper quartile lower quartile median and year 0 Year 0 represents the value of the indicator at the start of the simulation Refer to the SRNV box and whisker plot Y axis label for the units of the indicator The Source information box lists the models used to estimate the current SRNV The Source Model Import Date information box lists the date that the current SRNV was loaded into OLT and the Status box lists information specific to the area extent that the SRNV has been estimated Page 9 Pattern Chart sub TAB The Patten Chart sub tab will only become active when an indicator that has pattern data associated with it has been selected These indicators include mature and old forest caribou habitats mature and old conifer only in Northwest Region marten habitat and young forest GH Ontario s Landscape Tool 3 0 3826 Exit OLT Science Information Help Provincial SANV Scenarios Songbid Model Simulation
9. The Warnings tab includes legends which will display polygons that have tagged as warning when importing the inventory Usually these are not critical generally representing polygons that have values that do not conform to the standard for that class As you calculate indicators discussed below the results will relate back to the shape file that you are currently viewing and the available selections in the LSL legend list box will expand accordingly Page 18 The legends representing the import classifications i e Age Development Stage Forest Unit and Landscape Class are region specific i e NE NW or GLSL The various warning legends i e Polytype Warning Site Class Warning and Forest Unit Warning will display your scenario inventory file with all polygons that are warning and or error free in green and polygons with a warning and or error in red This feature allows you to quickly review the validity of the classifications and decide if you need to clean and re import the scenario inventory The import LOG file provides a complete list of polygons identified by PolylD that contain errors or warnings Page 19 OLT includes basic geographic information system functionality including i Zoom In ii Zoom Out iii Pan iv Zoom Extents v Identify and AJS vo vi Refresh Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region GLSL Area Ottawa Valley Forest Year 2013 Scenario Ottawa Test
10. 1 Value PWDOM Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows 0 Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows 0 Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE Priority Value Rows 355 Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE iori value Rows 0 Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE value Rows 0 Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE value Rows Query SELECT FROM Inventory WHERE OLT Job OLT creates a scenario folder with the scenario name that you entered The log file is called importlog txt and can be located in this folder and the typical folder structure is C ProgramData OL T OL TData Scenarios Scenarioname ol 2013 LSL64 Build 3 0 4808 Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region NW Area Whitefeather Forest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Welome Provincia SRNY Scenaios Men SongbidModels Cakaelndeatrs ViewRepats ImpotLog ToolOpions About Create Scenario Open Scenario Created Black Bay 2013 03 05 Close Scenario Black Bay PWS 2013 03 05 tion Ottawa Test 2013 03 05 Update Description Delete Scen
11. B White Pine Conifer Shetterwood PWLSC I White Pine Seedtree PWST ME Jack Pine Pure PJ1 HE Jack PineConifer PJ WS Spruceir 5P1 HE Spruce ir SF MH Black Spruce 5B B Lowland Conifer Mix LC B Hemlock HE Page 95 Landscape Classes Northwest Region Values See legend Measurement Landscape Classes Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Landscape Classes LgClass Description This legend represents landscape classes as defined in the landscape guide Landscape Classes Northeast Region Measurement Landscape Classes Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Landscape Classes LgClass Description This legend represents landscape classes as defined in the landscape guide Immature Hardwood Mature Late Balsam Fir Mature Late Lowland Conifer Mature Late Hardwood amp Mixed B Mature Late upland conifer mixed E Brush E Grass B Open Muskeg HE Rock OY Treed Muskeg BE Water EE Developed Agriculture Unclassified resapling Sapling Immature and Older Jack Pine Immature Conifer Mature and Older Red and White Fine Mixed Mature and Older Conifer Immature Hardwood amp Miedwood Mature Older Hardwood Mixedwood Bog Brush id GI cl a E Open Muskeg HE Rock OY Treed Muskeg Me Water EE Developed Agriculture Unclassified Page 96 Landscape Classes GLSL
12. Field Description CTCT area the winter cover habitat area ha needed to reach the CTC threshold If the spatial adjustment is run the LSL shapefile e g 52 20 11 47 3 shp will include all the fields listed above and also the following fields Field Description Adj h area the forest area ha selected for retention to evenly distribute the CTC habitat No hexs the number of 50 ha hexagons within each deer yard that contain CTC habitat SWarea2 the area of forest ha selected for retention within the hexagon with cover values of 5 to 10 MWarea2 the area of forest ha selected for retention within the hexagon with cover values of 2 to 4 Please note that this shapefile will not contain a cover rank value in the dbf table because the forest area may have multiple cover values Page 59 Fisher The forest unit of each hexagon is assessed for two criteria canopy diversity SDIV and deciduous composition SDEC The development stage for each hexagon is also assessed for habitability suitability SDEV The values for SDIV SDEC and SDEV can range from 0 0 to 1 0 The initial overall Fischer habitat suitability is calculated as follows SDIV SDEV SDEC If the habitat suitability value of a hexagon is gt to 0 5 it is assigned a habitat suitability class of 1 Hexagons with a value of less than 0 5 are assigned a habitat suitability class of zero A moving window analysis is then completed calculating for each hexagon the
13. Map Songbird Models Calculate Indicators View Reports Import Log 09 OLT 3 0 48 Importing C whitefeather lambertwhitefeather2 shp Import Started 03 25 2013 11 36 06 Import Errors must be corrected before Inventory will import successfully End of Import Errors Import warnings information only PolyID 045374 Invalid Ecositel field value PolyID 045884 Invalid Ecositel field value PolyID 045965 Invalid Ecositel field value PolyID 046104 Invalid Ecositel field value End of Import warnings Begin copying C whitefeather lambertwhitefeather2 shp shapefile to C ProgramData oltData Scenarios whitefeather VInvent Finished copying C whitefeather lambertwhitefeather2 shp Shapefile to C ProgramData oltData Scenarios whitefeather VInv Begin building spatial index for c ProgramData oltData Scenarios whitefeather Inventory fri shp shapefile 03 25 2013 Built spatial index for C ProgramData OltData Scenarios whitefeather Inventory fri shp Shapefile 03 25 2013 11 36 18 Begin EE ET Shapefile to cC ProgramDataloltDatalscenarioslwhitefeather OptionalDat Finished copying C whitefeather vexport output 2 shp Shapefile to C ProgramData OltData Scenarios whitefeather optional Begin building spatial index for EEE EE ET DE ME aD cers 4 Shape Built spatial index for C ProgramData OltData Scenarios whitefeather VoptionalDatalmooseemphasisareas shp Shapefile 03 Begin classifying LgFu for region Nw 03 25 2013 11 40 25 Priority
14. Red and White Pine C Young This model summarizes forest units by development stages and landscape classes This is a required Landscape ation Package A for a complete description of these indicators Submit 3 models to LSL Deer Winter Yard Parameters StratumS Select v Critical Thermal Cover Select Emphasis Area ID Select Yard ID 0 Entire Landscape x Olt Job Cancel Select either Prescriptive or Evaluative Indicators and a list of available indicators will be listed Simply check the indicators that you would like to run and then click on the Submit x to LSL button If you click on the Select All Types button all indicators both prescriptive and evaluative will be selected NOTE If you wish to run multiple scripts ensure that the Exit LSL on script completion located in the Tool Options tab is selected If you do not have this selected LSL will stop after each indicator and wait for the user to close the LSL application Page 21 The Unselect All Types will clear all selections Use the Select All Models button on the right to select only prescriptive or evaluative indicators If you wish to run a single model just click on that indicator model and ensure that no others are selected For a complete listing and definition of each model refer to Science Package A 5 Submit 3 models to LSL While running scripts LSL will estimate the amount usually area o
15. TFA 4 Hexagons with an OS value of 0 it are assigned a value of 0 for the second habitat Suitability component RShsi2 Hexagons with an OS value of gt 0 and lt 2 are assigned a value of 1 used habitat for RShsi2 and hexagons with an OS value of gt 2 Rage 75 are assigned a value of 2 preferred habitat regional analysis is then carried out to determine the proximity of human disturbance distance to roads DTR distance to agricultural clearings DTC and proximity of buildings POB Roads are reclassified as permanent all weather primary and secondary roads or temporary seasonal tertiary roads A hexagon is assigned a DTR1 value of 0 if there are permanent all weather roads within 25 metres and a value of 2 if the there are no permanent all weather roads within 150 metres All other hexagons are assigned a DTR1 value of 1 A hexagon is assigned a DIT R2 value of 0 if there are temporary seasonal roads within 25 metres All other hexagons are assigned a DTR2 value of 1 A final distance to roads DTR value is determined by multiplying DTR1 by DTR2 Hexagons are then assigned a DTC value of 0 if there are agricultural clearings within 50 metres and a value of 2 if the there are no agricultural clearings within 100 metres All other hexagons are assigned a DIC value of 1 A moving window analysis is then done to determine the number of buildings within 150 and 300 metres of each hexagon If the number of buildings within
16. Welcome Provincial SANV Scenarios Map Songbird Models Calculate Indicators Scale 1 10 608 Easting 1 518 545 Northing 12 166 377 Qameoe MB Red Pine PR E White Pine 4 cut Shelterwood PWUS4 White Pine Red Oak PWOR HE White Pine Hardwood Shelterwood PWUSH H White Pine Conifer Shelterwood PWUSC H White Pine Seedtree PWST MB Jack Pine Pure PJ1 E Jack Pine Conifer PJ2 H Sprucefir SP 1 E Spruce ir SF fH Black Spruce SB E Lowland Conifer Mix LC MM Hemlock HE E Cedar CE 4 V Polygon Outlines Export Shapefile Cancel OLT includes options for viewing Polygon Outlines check box on left Labels including label field selection box and a label size slider selection Page 20 Calculate Indicators Tab OLT contains LSL scripts which estimate both prescriptive and evaluative indicators as highlighted in both the GLSL and Boreal Landscape Guides The Calculate Indicators tab is the location where you direct OLT to run these scripts through LSL Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region GLSL Area Ottawa Valley Forest Year 2013 Scenario Ottawa Test Welcome Provincii SANY Scenaios Map SongbidModes Cate Indicator Indicator Types Select All Types Prescriptive Indicators _ Select All Types Evaluative Indicators Unselect All Types Select All Models MI Landscape Classes iv Mature and Old Unselect All Models vi Old Growth C
17. within a 1 ha hexagon Moose Dormant Season Browse GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 200 Measurement Winter Browse kg ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Moose DSBrowse Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Page 99 Moose Dormant Season Range GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 1 Measurement Winter Range Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Moose DSRange Description Water Not Range HE Fange The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Moose Dormant Season Cover GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 1 2 3 4 Measurement Winter Season Cover 0 no winter cover 1 lateral cover only 2 early winter cover 3 late winter cover Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Moose DSCover Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a a 1 ha hexagon Water No Cover Lateral Cover Only HE Vinter Cover HE Winter and Conifer Cover Moose Growing Season Forage GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 30 Measurement Growing Season Forage kg ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Moose GSForage Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the pr
18. 150 metres is 4 or greater than a hexagon is assigned a POB150 value of 0 All other hexagons are assigned a POB150 value of 2 If the number of buildings within 300 metres is 9 or greater than a hexagon is assigned a POB300 value of 0 All other hexagons are assigned a POB300 value of 2 The final proximity of buildings POB value is determined by multiplying POB150 by POB300 and dividing by 2 The third habitat suitability component RShsi3 of each hexagon is calculated by multiplying the three human disturbance variables DTR DTC and POB and squaring the result DTR DTC POB If the resulting value for a hexagon is 2 or greater than it is classed preferred habitat and remaining hexagons are classed as used habitat if the resulting value is greater than zero The final overall habitat suitability for Red Shoulder Hawk is the minimum value of each of the three habitat components RShsi min RShsi1 RShsi2 RShsi3 and results in either a preferred used or non habitat classification The total area of used and preferred Red Shoulder Hawk habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat Page 76 across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 77 Red Squirrel The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for used or preferred habitat suitability The initial habitat suitability of each h
19. Indicator field m een Mature and Old MO_Prop_ 1 A E 41 60 Description The legend is an HE 61 80 interpretation using the majority E 1 100 function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Mature and Old Forest 50 ha GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Mature and Old Forest Hexagon size scale 50 ha Indicator field E Water Mature and Old MO 1 S1 EE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon T7 E 21 40 Description The legend is an Er interpretation using the majority BE 1 100 function of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon Mature and Old Forest 500 ha GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Mature EG and Old Forest ie A Hexagon size scale 500 ha ve oa EE EN Hr Ly Indicator field Ms Mature and OIld MO 2 S1 B 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon l E 21 40 Description The legend is an NN 41 60 interpretation using the majority E 61 80 function of the proportion within a 500 E 1 100 ha hexagon Page Mature and Old Forest 5 000 ha GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region i Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Mature and Old Forest Hexagon size scale 5 000 ha Indicator field Mature and Old MO 3 S1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority Water Me 11 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon me gt 14
20. Not Capable Indicator field E Capable Caribou Capability CARI Poly Description Polygons with a value greater than O are capable Page 88 Caribou Refuge Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Refuge Habitat Hexagon size Scale 0 8 ha Caribou Refuge Water Indicator field No Habitat Caribou Refuge CARI Poly MM 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon 7 HE 21 40 oti 41 60 Description mint E 61 30 The legend is an interpretation using the BE 31 100 majority function of the proportion within a 0 8 ha hexagon Caribou Refuge 500 ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Refuge Habitat Hexagon size scale 500 ha m p No Habitat Indicator field Me 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Caribou Refuge P CARI 2 E 21 40 i 41 60 Description E 51 80 81 100 The legend is an interpretation using the i majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha hexagon Caribou Refuge 6 000 ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Refuge Habitat Hexagon size scale 6000 ha i m Water Indicator field Mo Habitat Caribou Refuge P_CARI_3 BE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon DE 21 40 Description Me 41 60 The legend is an interpretation using the 5 2 HE 21 100 majority function of the proportion within a 6 000 ha hexagon Page 89 Caribou Refuge 30 000 ha Northwest Region Values 0
21. Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Create Scenario Button Area Abitibi River Foret vj Y 2013 2 If you wish to analyze a landscape calculate i indicators and compare the landscape to a eo Forest Inventory set of SRNV results you must create a meny sate scenario and import a shape file Each a scenario represents a single landscape and Generic Iwventoy PolyType multiple scenarios can be compared e Doo de Optional Data GLSL Deer Yards Select Moose Emphasis Areas Select Create Cancel Page 14 Abitibi River Forest Abitibi River Forest Abitibi River Forest Caribou Range 7 Abitibi River Forest Caribou Range 7 AD OLT Supr Algoma Forest I Agonquin Forest Field Map Poyo rv PolyType LgFu l we E Optional Data GLSL Deer Yards ele Moose Emphasis Areas Select Create Cancel Creating a scenario is easy select the CreateScenarioB button Enter a Name for the scenario The name must be unique If a scenario with the same name exists the name will turn red Choose the location of the forest from the Area pull down box It is important to select the correct area OLT will classify your inventory into forest units landscape classes development stages etc specific to the area you select If you choose the wrong region you will be unable to make correct comparisons to the appropriate region Similarly the evalua
22. can also be used to display maps of the associated habitat variables The accuracy of the models is estimated using the ROC curve ROC is a measure of model discrimination and identifies the probability that a new random observation will be assigned the correct label i e present or absent The Life History tab brings up known life history information about the species and is based on published databases produced by the Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada and the US Corp of Engineers Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region NW Area Whitefeather Forest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Provincial SANV Scenarios Map Songbird Models Calculate Indicators View Reports Import Lag Tool Options General Information Common Name Red breasted Nuthatch v AOU Alpha Code RBNU Latin Name Sitta canadensis Relative Abundancy Very Rare to Common B O C Population Trend Stabe i sts t Additional Boreal forest population a appears stable North American population stable to declining ast 30 years Populations 193 of 285 gt pi Life History Population Status Migration Status Resident Ontario Wide Boreal Hardwood Boreal Softwood O cod Ure Cree a le Secondary Habitat Closed Forest Current Reliability 2 me porer Tertiary Habitat Ether tt t S Regional Priority i m a OG Trend status LD large decline MD moderate a Unique Habitat Primar
23. cover rank 10 forest patches does not meet the CTC threshold area then the area of cover rank 9 forest patches is added in The area of lower ranking forest patches is added in until the CTC threshold area has been reached These forest patches are then flagged to maintain for winter cover If the spatial adjustment part of the script is turned on i e Stratum 1a or 2a is selected then the amount of forested area selected to maintain for deer winter cover is divided by the number of 50 ha hexagons with forest within each deer yard This provides an estimate of the amount of forest to retain within each hexagon to distribute the winter cover habitat across the deer yard as evenly as possible Starting with forest that has a cover ranking value of 10 the accumulative forest area with a cover ranking gt 1 is then compare to amount of forest to retain until the winter cover habitat area requirement is met for each hexagon After all hexagons are analyzed the total winter cover habitat that has been selected is summed for the entire deer yard and compared with the desired winter cover area to maintain In some cases the winter cover habitat area selected for retention will be less than what is needed to reach the CTC threshold because some hexagons may have less habitat area than needed habitat area for even distribution The shortfall is then made up by increasing the amount of forest selected in hexagons Page 53 with a surplus of winter cover T
24. each deer yard Yard Area area in hectares of the deer yard T Browse the total amount of browse kg AvgBrowse the average kg ha of browse DCC Deer Carrying Capacity Ks deer per Km2 DPY Total number of deer per yard based upon DCC T_HabArea the total area of winter cover habitat cover ranks 1 to 10 SW_area the area of severe winter habitat all polygons with cover ranks 5 to 10 MW_area the area of severe moderate winter habitat all polygons with cover ranks 2 to 4 AC_area the area of access cover habitat all polygons with cover rank 1 Yard_ For the forested area ha within the deer yard p CRI the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 1 p CR2 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 2 p CR3 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 3 p CR4 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 4 p CR5 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 5 p CR6 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 6 p CR7 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 7 p CR8 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 8 p CRY the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 9 p CR10 the percentage of that total habitat area that is cover rank 10 The deer yard summary dbf file for a CTC threshold gt 0 without spatial adjustment e g 52 CTCT20 dbf or S2 CTCT20 initial dbf will include all of t
25. ha 500 ha and 60 km and 2000 km scales Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of summer forage of forested areas non forest areas and areas within 200 metres of security cover at the 1 ha 500 ha and 60 km and 2000 km scales All of the deer summer forage available across the inventory is illustrated at the 1 ha scale only The deer carrying capacity values and the summer forage values for all forested areas all non forested areas and all land areas are averaged for every polygon at each of the four scales and saved to the polygon linkable dbf file All of the available summer forage is averaged for every polygon at the 1 ha scale and also saved to the polygon linkable dbf file Page 51 Deer Winter Habitat When running the Deer Winter script the user will be able to select a Critical Thermal Cover CTC threshold of the following values 0 10 15 20 25 and 30 This threshold represents the percentage of critical thermal cover to maintain in order to support an estimated deer yard carrying capacity If the user selects a CTC value gt 0 the user will also have the option of having the LSL script select thermal cover patches based upon ensuring a uniform distance between patches spatial adjustment as determined by the CTC threshold If the user selects a CTC value of 0 all potential deer winter habitat is reported and no Critical Thermal Cover threshold is applied nor is any spatial readjustment carried out
26. in the dbf of the LSL offset shapefile Critical Thermal Cover before spatial adjustment The chart and map is produced Page 55 only if the CTC threshold selected is greater than 0 They illustrate the proportion of forest with a cover value of 2 or greater that is selected to meet at least the minimum area needed to reach the Critical Thermal Cover threshold The output is at the 50 ha scale NOTE The CTC charts and maps do not illustrate how much CTC habitat is within each hexagon The Critical Thermal Cover Supply chart and map illustrate the proportion of forest that is needed within each hexagon to reach the CTC threshold Critical Thermal Cover after spatial adjustment The chart and map is produced only if the CTC threshold selected is greater than 0 and the stratum value selected is either 1a or 2a They illustrate the proportion of forest with a cover value of 2 or greater that is selected after spatial adjustment to meet the area needed to for CTC threshold The output is at a 50 ha scale The polygon linkable dbf file will include only the following fields if the CTC threshold Is set to 0 Note This file is named Scenarios Scenarioname Evaluative deer winter CoreAreas FRI 20 dbf Where FRI dbf refers to critical thermal cover level PolylD the polygon ID number as listed in the inventory dbf file Yard ID a unique id number for the yard Yard Area area ha of the yard Yard For the forested ar
27. is an interpretation using the pm Prefered majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon This model uses roads when estimating habitat Old Growth GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values Old growth not Old Growth Measurement Proportion Old Growth Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field a Old Growth OG PROP S1 MB Old Growth Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Pileated Woodpecker GLSL Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field SE Water Pileated Woodpecker LgHs Nok Heila o OY Useable Description DE Prefered The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Page 102 Pine Warbler GLSL Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field es Ke ee Percent VCcupancy Of mexagon Pine Warbler P HB BE 020 DN 21 40 Description 41 60 The legend is an interpretation using DN 61 80 the majority function of the proportion within MM 81 100 Red Shouldered Hawk GLSL Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field eee North Goshawk LaH GLSL Buildings EE E ES GLSL Primary Roads Eas GLSL Secondary Roads Desc
28. is an interpretation using the Majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Page 109 Young Forest GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 gt 9 0 Measurement Patch Size has g Hexagon size scale 15 ha e GA P war Water Patch Size ha Indicator ield Bl Young Forest Patch Size PA YF EE 251 500 EE 501 1000 EE 1001 2500 EE 2501 5000 EE 5001 10000 EE 10001 20000 Description Hexagons with at least 50 forested area within them are considered A hexagon with 50 young forest 35 years is considered to be a young hexagon When 2 or more hexagons meeting these criteria are adjacent to each other they are considered a patch The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 15 ha hexagon Page 110 Songbird models and legends Appendix V Ontario s Landscape Tool includes a set of models for songbirds including simulated ranges of natural variation These models developed by Dr Rob Rempel at the Centre of Northern Forest Research provide users with a robust set of tested landscape models in a user friendly environment http www ace eco org vol2 iss1 art6 http www ace eco org vol2 iss1 art5 The songbird models work in both the Boreal West and East Landscape Guide Regions and can be accessed through the Calculate Indicators tab Ontario s Landscape Tool 2013 LSL64 Build 3 0 480 Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Sc
29. is calculated using the following equation MAF 4 488 0 159 OMSarea 0 068 BSHarea The aquatic feeding capacity KAQ is then calculated KAQ 0 01 MAF 1 1 a assumes that each moose requires 1 1 ha of aquatic feeding habitat The total moose carrying capacity KTotal is the minimum of KDS KGS and KAQ The following calculated data fields are each averaged across the entire inventory and saved to a dbf file MOOS Sscenario name e Moose Carrying Capacity e Growing Season Carrying Capacity e Dormant Season Carrying Capacity e Aquatic Feeding Capacity Page 68 e Dormant Season Browse e Growing Season Forage e Aquatic Feeding Habitat All of the data fields listed above are averaged for each inventory polygon and saved to the polygon linkable dbf file A majority value for Growing Season Cover Dormant Season Cover Growing Season Range and Dormant Season Range is determined for each inventory polygon and also saved to the polygon linkable dbf file The following calculated data fields are each summed across the entire inventory and saved to Moos Sscenario name dbf file e Growing Season Cover e Dormant Season Lateral Cover e Dormant Season Early Winter Cover e Dormant Season Late Winter Cover e Dormant Season Range e Growing Season Range Reports are produced illustrating the distribution of all fields listed below across the inventory at the 1 0 ha scale e Moose Carrying Capacity e Growing Season Carryin
30. number of bins can differ depending on the spread of data In contrast a color legend based on equal interval is very simple and straight forward and each difference in color represents an arbitrary and fixed bin width e g 0 5 5 10 10 15 Although simple to understand this approach can mask important patterns and natural breaks in the data When Songbirds is selected under the primary legend list the Songbirds Model tab becomes accessible Exit OLT Science Information x Help Close Scenario Region NW Area Whitefeather Forest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Wekome Provincial SANY Scenaios Map Sergbidmodels Cause lndoatrs View Repons InpatLog ToolOplone About Red breasted Nuthatch Ruby crowned Kinglet Chestnut sided Warbler For a description of these models and techniques refer to the following Habitat Variables Rempel R S 2007 Selecting focal i songbird species for biodiversity conservation assessment response http vww ace eco oralvol2 issl art6 Disturbance Rempel R S J Baker P C Elkie M J Gluck J Jackson R S Kushnermk T Moore and A http www ace eco org vol2 iss 1 art5 Models Life History OLT Job The purpose of this viewer is to facilitate understanding of the RSPF resource selection probability function habitat models developed for the Landscape Guide The line graph depicts how the selected habitat variable for the selected songbird relates to the
31. polygon section within each hexagon The area of each landscape class is then summed across the entire inventory and those values are saved to a dbf file P Class areas scenario name The area of each landscape class is then summed for all 50 500 5 000 and 10 000 ha hexagons These values are then averaged over multiple offsets 9 for the 50 and 500 ha scale and 16 for the 5 000 and 10 000 ha scales The proportion of each landscape class is then calculated for every hexagon at each of the four scales by dividing the total area of each landscape class by the total forest area within the hexagon These values are then averaged from the offsets The mean proportions of each landscape class at each scale are then averaged across the entire inventory and those values are saved to a dbf file P_Class_props scenario name The scales are referenced within the dbf file with numbers 2 for 50 ha 3 for 500 ha 4 for 5 000 ha 5 for the 10 000 ha scale A regional analysis is then conducted at the 50 ha scale to locate forest patches of each landscape class At least 50 of the hexagon forest area must be of a particular landscape class for inclusion in a forest patch The forest patch total areas of each landscape class at each scale are then calculated Charts and corresponding maps are produced at the 0 8 ha scale illustrating the mean proportion of each landscape class average over multiple 50 ha offsets Charts and maps at 50 ha illustrating the distri
32. the amount of fall bear habitat within a 65 km radius around each hexagon The total area of surrounding fall habitat is then converted to km and assessed in a lookup table to provide a multiplier value for weighting the fall bear habitat suitability value of each hexagon A hexagon retains a value of 1 for fall habitat suitability if tt has enough surrounding fall habitat to support a density of 0 4 bears per km The fall habitat suitability value is weighted downwards with decreasing amounts of surrounding fall habitat Please refer to Science and Information Package B for a more detailed description of this habitat analysis The overall suitability of each hexagon is then computed as a weighted arithmetic mean of the four habitat suitability components with the denning habitat suitability given 1 4 the 0 Page 45 weight of the other seasonal suitability values composite HSI Spring Summer Fall 0 25 Denning 3 25 The weighted arithmetic mean of each habitat component and overall suitability value for each 1 7 ha hexagon are then averaged at the 1 ha scale Please note that these mean values are based upon the mean habitat area at the 1 7 ha scale and it is those value are illustrated within the LSL reports Because the mean weighted habitat area is based upon a 1 7 ha scale the highest possible value for black bear habitat component or overall habitat suitability would be 0 143 The resulting values for each habitat component and th
33. total area ha of habitat suitability class of 1 within 30 km If the total area is gt 900 ha 80 of the evaluation area than the hexagon is flagged as preferred habitat if it was initially assigned habitat suitability class of 1 If the total area is lt 900 ha than the hexagon is flagged as used habitat if it was also initially assigned habitat suitability class of 1 All hexagons that originally had an overall Fischer habitat suitability value of lt 0 5 are flagged as non habitat The total area of used and preferred Fisher habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 60 Kirtland s Warbler The forest unit and forest age are assessed for used and preferred habitat suitability during the breeding season The area of preferred habitat patches is calculated and habitat patches that are gt 80 ha retain the preferred habitat status Hexagons within preferred habitat patches lt 80 ha are reclassified as used habitat The area of used habitat patches is then calculated and habitat patches that are gt 32 ha retain the used habitat status All other areas are classed as no habitat The total area of used and preferred Kirtland s Warbler habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat acros
34. variables at the 50 ha scale e the proportion of young forest e the proportion of mature conifer forest e the proportion of mixed conifer deciduous forest Each 0 8 hexagon with a seral stage of either presapling or sapling is classed as young forest Hexagons with a seral stage of mature and old are then assessed for inclusion in one of the two forest types mature conifer or mixed conifer deciduous based upon the forest unit The forest units of hexagons with a seral stage of immature are also assessed for inclusion in the mixed conifer deciduous forest type The area of each of the three forest type groupings is summed and divided by the total forest area at the 50 ha scale These proportion values are then averaged over four 50 ha LSL offsets The three climate layers representing the temperature of the warmest three months of the year the temperature of the coldest three months of the year and the precipitation of the coldest six months of the year are merged in with the inventory data The three climate variables are then averaged over the four 50 ha LSL offsets Once the forest and climate variables have been calculated they are then used in an equation developed to determine the predicted moose density per km The resulting predicted moose density values are then averaged across the entire inventory Reports are produced illustrating the distribution of the predicted moose density per km across the inventory at the 0 8 ha scale The
35. wish to modify scripts or error check scripts About Tab a lete a rere Reger MW Aree Wihhibefewter Forel i Weima Frrr Sommaren Map Songbad oriei Cokulstn iradate Viem Reports mpod Log ToolDpbors Abd Ontario s Landscape Todd should be cited a6 leis P A Emisgelskk M Gluck J Elati R Rempel Kushneruk 8 Naylor J Boeman B Pond Derek Hatheli amd Sean Heringer 2013 Ontario s Landscape Tool en Menatry of Natural Hesounces Fores Policy Section Saul Ste Mane nlang at anuid be okod ot The About TAB includes the Mansy of Natural Resources Gnr Nonam Pores Ecosystem Research Thunder Bay OLT credits If using the OLT Prat Enkie OLT Project en for science and information Guidis Uni Foret Pokey Section only then use first citation If Forests Branch mate ght teQoctaiocas using OLT to analyze spatial rene Levees atte Friese data sets then use both the EE OLT and LSL citations Capyraght 2013 Grianna Mirsttry of Natural Rassuresn Page 13 Scenarios Tab The Scenarios TAB is used for importing and creating scenarios from either FIM compliant Forest Information Manual forest resource inventories FRI or generic pre classified inventories i e Patchworks Spatial plans As you import and create scenarios they will be listed and include information specific to each scenario B t OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region NW Area WhitefeatherForest
36. 0 my 41 60 Me 61 80 Me 21 100 function of the proportion within a 5 000 ha hexagon Moose Bioclimatic Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 gt 3 0 moose per sq km Measurement Predicted moose density moose km Hexagon size scale 50 ha Indicator field Moose Boreal PMDENT 1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon _ Water Predicted Moose Density animals km 2 mH lt 0 09 E 003012 Me 0 12 0 17 Me 017422 BE 0 22025 Me 0 270 320 Me 030 Moose Bioclimatic HSI Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Habitat Suitability Index Hexagon size scale 50 ha Indicator field Moose H S L HSI M1 1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon Water No Habitat Page Moose Bioclimatic HSI Food Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Habitat Suitability Index Food Hexagon size scale 50 ha Percent Hexagon with Habitat No Habitat Indicator tield igen Moose H S I Food HSIFOOD 1 pen HE 61 80 Description The legend is an interpretation BE 1 100 using the majority function of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon Moose Bioclimatic HSI Food amp Cover Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0
37. 0 MH 0081 0090 HE 0 097 1 000 Water Relative Suitability 0 1 EE 0 000 0 01 EE 0 010 0 020 EE 0 071 0 030 HE 0 031 0 040 0 041 0 050 0 051 0 060 HE 0061 0070 EE 0 071 0 080 HEN 0 091 0 090 HE 0 051 1 000 Water Relative Suitability 0 1 HE 0 000 0 01 HE 0 010 0 020 EE 0 021 0 030 HE 0 031 0 040 0 041 0 050 0 051 0 060 HE 0061 0070 HE 0071 0080 HE 0 081 0 090 HE 0 051 1 000 Page 87 Black Bear Spring H S I GLSL Region _ Water Relative Suitability 0 1 Values 0 gt 0 091 HE 0 000 0 01 Measurement Spring HSI MM 0 010 0 020 Hexagon size scale 1 0 ha E 0 021 0 030 HE 0 031 0 040 a 0 041 0 050 Indicator tield 1 067 0 06n ME 0 071 0 080 Description Spring habitat See Hi 0 081 0 090 Science and Information Packages for E 0 091 1 000 a complete description Black Bear Summer H S I GLSL Region A Water Relative Suitability 0 1 Values 0 gt 0 091 E 0 000 0 01 Measurement Summer HSI EE 0010 0 020 Hexagon size scale 1 0 ha EE 0 021 0 030 HE 0 031 0 040 Indicator field Sree ae Black Bear SUMMER_W WE 0 061 0 070 Ml 0 071 0 080 Description Summer habitat MH 0 081 0 090 See Science and Information EE 0 097 1 000 Packages for a complete description Caribou Capability Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Capable Habitat Hexagon size scale 0 8 ha WW Water
38. 1 the length of edge is multiplied by a factor of 0 5 The weighted edge length is then summed and averaged over 16 offsets at the 5 000 ha scale The percentage of hardwood is calculated by using volumes curves to determine individual tree species based up on the forest age and forest unit of each 0 8 ha hexagon The hardwood volumes within each 50 ha hexagon is then summed and divided by the total tree volume The percent of hardwood volume is then averaged over 9 offsets at the 50 ha scale Stand closure and stand height are determined for each 0 8 ha hexagon using Forest Page 47 Attribute Look up Tables developed by Phil Elkie Arnold Rudy and Michael Gluck August 2004 see Appendix Each of these values are then averaged over 9 offsets at the 50 ha scale Each 0 8 ha hexagon is classed as disturbed if the forest age is less than or equal to 20 and each hexagon is classed as mature if the forest age is greater than or equal to 80 The area of disturbed forest is summed and divided by the total forest area at the 50 ha scale The area of mature forest is summed and divided by the total forest area at the 5000 ha scale These values are then averaged over 9 offsets at the 50 ha scale Once all the forest variables have been calculated they are then used in equations developed to determine the probability of songbird occupancy Please refer to Science and Information Package B for a description of these equations The resulting probab
39. 11 The initial output View Reports Tab for songbirds includes LSL style reports based on a multiple scale local and landscape analysis of the probability of occupancy across the landscape Red eyed Vireo Habitat Occupancy 50 ha Scale Similar to many OLT models the Map Tab includes a polygon representation of LSL reports in this case probability of occupancy at the 50 ha scale in 5 bins representing relative proportion 0 20 21 40 41 60 61 80 and 81 100 Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region NW Area WhitefeatherForest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Provincial SANY Scenarios Map Songbird Models Calculate Indicators View Reports Import Log Tool Options About LSL Songbirds Warnings Q lai eec Bay breasted Warbler jay breasted Warbler a E Olt Queue OLT Job Cancel Page 112 Songbird legends Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 1 0 Measurement Probability of habitat occupancy Hexagon size scale 50 has Indicator field Alder flycatcher PAFL_S Bay breasted warbler PBAWW_S Blackburnian warbler PBBWA_ S Brown creeper PBRCR_S o Chest sided warbler PCSWA S EE Water 0 00 0 20 Probability of Species Occupancy Common Yellowthroat PCOYE_S Least pes a pancy Flycatcher PLEFL S NN 0 41 0 60 Ovenbird POVEN S Red breasted DE 061 0 80 Nuthatch PRBNU S Red eyed BE 081 1 00 Vireo PREVI S Winter wen PWIWR S Description The higher th
40. 15 I 0 16 0 20 a Me 0 21 0 25 Indicator field MooseKAQ Be 026 030 o EE 0 31 0 40 Description HE 0 41 0 50 The legend is an interpretation using HM 0 50 the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Moose Aquatic Habitat GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Moose aquatic habitat b EE Water He xagon size sca le 1 ha Percent Occupancy of Hexagon E i20 S DE 21 40 Indicator field Moose MAF ee oo EE 61 80 Description The legend is an E interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within 1 ha hexagon Page 98 Moose Dormant Season k GLSL a een Values 0 greater than 1 2 Vin Measurement Proportions Moose a habitat Hexagon size scale 1 ha 05 Camino Capacity nooseAan A BE 0 06 0 10 Indicator field Moose KDS 0 11 0 15 B 0 16 0 20 Description E 021 025 The legend is an interpretation EE 0 26 0 30 using the majority function of EE 0 31 040 the proportion within a 1 ha ge hexagon Moose Growing Season k GLSL Values 0 greater than 1 2 Measurement Proportions Moose Water habitat EE 0 05 Canying Capacity moose km 2 Hexagon size scale 1 ha Me 0 06 0 10 0 11 0 15 Indicator field Moose KGS E 0 16 0 20 EE 021 0 25 Description prege The legend is an interpretation using gg 921 ps the majority function of the HE gt 0 50 proportion
41. Area Armstrong Nipigon Forest Indicator Caribou Winter The SRNV mean and year 0 are based on Landscape Guide Region 3W North ofthe southern range extent 0 5 o T V Simulation Model Start Year 0 o uo Remove First Class M w x To w 2 wo w o uw Oo Cc S c O a O a eo b 41 60 Proportion of Hexagon W sRNV mean I Simulation Model Start Year 0 Box and Whisker Diagram Box and Whisker Data Pattern Chart Pattern Data Area Filter Forests FMU Ecodistricts Landscape Guide Regions C Wildlife Management Units WMU Caribou Ranges Area Amstrong Nipigon Forest vi Indicator Carbou Winter Scale 1 ha vi ha Olt Queue Olt Job 60 km2 For indicators with more than one scale of analysis i e caribou and marten select the Scale drop down box and choose the scale of interest With some indicators the first class of the histogram will be dominant occupying most of the chart area If this is the case select the Remove First Class check box and the graph will redraw with the first class removed Page 10 The Pattern Data sub tab contains the data table from the pattern chart Ontario s Lands Exit OLT Science Information Help Value 01 20 Lower Range Box and Whisker Diagram Box and Whisker Data Pattern Chart Pattern Data Area Filter _ en Forests FMU Ecodistricts Landscape Guide Regions C Wildlife Management Units WMU
42. HSI Temperature Coldest Quarter Northwest and Northeast Region 0068 97 Moose HSI Temperature Warmest Quarter Northwest and Northeast Region 06 97 Moose HSI Winter Cover Northwest and Northeast Region eccecssessssessseeeesteessneesenes 97 Moose ALEN 98 Moose Aquatic Feeding k GLSL rrrnrerornrvnrnnnrerararvnrnnnrersnanvnsnnnrnrsransnsnnnvnrsransnsnnnversrannnsnnnvnsnnnnensnn 98 Moose Aquatic Habitat GLSL Northwest and Northeast ReQION ccceeesteeeesteeeeeteeees 98 Moose Dormant Season k GLSL rrorrrnrvrenverenvvrnnrrsnverenversnrrsnnvrenversnressnnssnvessnressnsssnvessnvessnsssnnesenne 99 Moose Growing Season k GLSL rrnnrorernrvnronnrerennrrnsennversrnrrnsnnnrerernnsnsnnnrerennnsrssnnressnnrsrssnnvnsennvsssnns 99 Moose Dormant Season Browse GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region cesee 99 Moose Dormant Season Range GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrsrvrranvvvrrnnrrrr 100 Moose Dormant Season Cover GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region cceeeeeee 100 Moose Growing Season Forage GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region ccee 100 Moose Growing Season Range GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region cceeeee 101 Moose Growing Season Cover GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrrsrvrrrnvvvrrnnvvrrn 101 Northern Flying Squirrel GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrsrrrrrn
43. Import Refer to FIM technical specifications manual for typical values Field type numeric Ecosite1 Field ecosite field Required for FIM Compliant Import Refer to FIM technical specifications manual for typical values Field type string Page 29 LGFU Field landscape guide forest unit field Required for Generic Import Field type string Any generic string field that contains a forest unit classification can be used and mapped to this LGFU field using the generic import function Valid forest unit codes are specific to each region i e NE NW and GLSL LGAGE Field landscape guide age field Required for Generic Import Field type numeric This field represents the crown age of the forest stand Page 30 LSL Procedures Appendix I LSL uses hexagon parcel files when estimating landscape texture for each prescriptive and evaluative indicator These parcel files are created during the inventory import and scenario creation Parcel files contain the information associated with the intersection of the inventory and a hexagonal grid A forest parcel file is created by intersecting the inventory with a 0 8 ha hexagonal grid and this file is used in each of the prescriptive indicator scripts and two of the evaluative indictor scripts as noted below A habitat parcel is created by intersecting the inventory with a 1 7 ha hexagonal grid and is used in all but two of the evaluative Indictor scripts Additional p
44. Region Values See legend Measurement Landscape Classes Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Landscape Classes LgClass Description This legend represents landscape Classes as defined in the landscape guide Developed Agriculture L Presapling Sapling Immature BE Tolerant Hardwoods HE intolerant Hardwoods HE White Pine Mxedwood I Mxedwood HE Spruce FirTedar E Bog HE Eush WY Grass EE Open Muskeg E Rock MY Treed Muskeg We Vister Unclassified Page 97 Lynx GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values Not habitat Useable and Preferred Measurement Lynx habitat pg Hexagon size scale 1 ha 8 Indicator field SN Water Lynx PC Prop S1 Not Habitat MH Useable Description DE Prefered This legend is a representation of lynx habitat with preferred and sub optimal useable habitat The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion of fisher habitat within a 1 ha hexagon Management Type GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region LOWMGMT LOWNAT DEPHARV DEPNAT NEWPLANT NEWSEED NEWNAT FTGPLANT FTGSEED FTGNAT THINPRE THINCOM STRIPCUT FIRSTPASS PREPCUT SEEDCUT FIRSTCUT Values See legend list Measurement Forest Information Manual Standard refer to Ontario s FIM manual Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Management Stage DEVSTAGE Description The legend is an interpretation using the maj
45. Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 81 Spruce Grouse The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for used or preferred habitat suitability The initial habitat suitability of each hexagon for habitat component 1 is the minimum value of the two habitat suitability values The area of used and preferred habitat patches is then calculated Hexagons that are part of a habitat patch gt 100 ha are flagged as preferred habitat for habitat component 2 Hexagons that are associated with habitat patches gt 10 ha and lt 100 ha are flagged as used habitat for habitat component 2 The distance m between the habitat patches is then calculated If the distance is lt 2500 metres then hexagons are flagged as preferred habitat for habitat component 3 If the distance is gt 2500 metres and lt 7500 metres then hexagons are flagged as used habitat for habitat component 3 All habitat components for each hexagon are then examined to determine the final classification of habitat suitability If all three habitat components are rated as preferred then the final habitat Suitability for that hexagon is preferred For remaining hexagons if all three habitat components are rated as used or preferred then the final habitat suitability is used Any hexagon having a non habitat value for any of the habitat components is given a fina
46. SL rrrennrornnroronrrennnrorenrrrnnnrersnrnrsnnrersnrnsennrsnsnressnrnsennvessnnnsnnn 106 Summer Deer Carrying Capacity 500 ha GLSL rrernnroronrrernnvrrnnrrrnnnversnvrrsnnvennnrrssnvrssnnvensnnnsnnn 107 Summer Deer Carrying Capacity 60 km ULL E re ee E O E T 107 Summer Deer Carrying Capacity 2000 km GE EEE 107 Summer Deer Forage All GLSL rrrrnnrrrnnrvrnnnvrnnnvornnnvennnresnnnnrnnnresnnnnsnnnressnresnnnssnnnressnnnsnnnvessnnnsene 108 Summer Deer Forage Forest GLSL rrrrnrrrannrennnrornnnrrnnnrernnvnrnnnrersnrnsnnnressnrnsnnnrssnnressnnnssnnvessnnnsens 108 Summer Deer Forage Non Forest GLSL rrrrrrnnrnronvrrnnnvrrenrrrnnnvensnvnrnnnrensnvnsennnsnsnresennnssnnvessnnnsene 108 Summer Deer Forage Forest GLSL rrrrnrrrannrennnrornnnvrnnnrernnrnrnnnvesnnrnsnnnrensnnnsnnnnssnnresnnnnsnnnvessnnnsnne 109 Work 109 Young Forest GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrrsrrrrrnnvvrrnnvvrrennvrrnsnvvrnsnnverrnnvnrrrnnn 110 Songbird models and legends Appendix V r rrsrrrrnnrrranrrrennvrnsnvrrnnnrrnnnvrrsnvrrrnnvrrsnvnsrsnvensnvnssnnvensnnenn 111 Songbird legends Northwest and Northeast Region rrnrrrrrnnrvrnnnnvrrnnnvvrrsnnvrrrnnvvrrrnnvrrnnnvnrnnnnne 113 Overview We designed Ontario s Landscape Tool OLT considering the wide range of stakeholders who may wish to access the science and information that was used in the development of Ontario s Landscape Guides OLT provides a direct link to seve
47. The user will also be able to select a deer yard stratum of the following values 1 1a 2 2a A value of 1 or 1a will run analysis for Stratum 1 only deer yard core areas A value of 2 or 2a will run analysis for Stratum 2 which is the entire deer yard Selecting a value of 1a or 2a will turn on the spatial adjustment part of the script The CTC threshold value selected over rides the Stratum value selected If the user selects a 0 CTC threshold then no spatial readjustment is carried out regardless of the Stratum value selected i e 1 or 1a Note If you wish to have a linkable FRI dbf output with only the area within a deer yard file represented then you must ensure that the FRI that you create the scenario has the deer yard boundary embedded The CTC threshold value and Stratum selected will determine what is included in the LSL report and what fields are included within the output dbf files Included below is a list of what output is produced depending on CTC and Stratum values are selected The values selected will also determine the scale of some of the results presented in the report and also the scale of the output shapefile s If no CTC threshold is set then all results and the output shapefile will be at a 1 ha scale the scale at which results for most habitat models within the OLT are presented at If the CTC threshold is greater than 0 then charts and maps for Winter Cover Dominance initial and adjusted and Critical Thermal Cover b
48. YRORG POLYID ECOSITE1 DEVSTAGE WG HT and POLYTYPE In contrast a Generic Inventory is a pre classified shape file that contains LGFU landscape guide forest unit LGAGE landscape guide age POLYTYPE and POLYID unique polygon number A FIM Compliant Inventory is usually plan start inventory while a Generic Inventory can be any inventory that you classified outside of OLT and wish to import to evaluate landscape indicators Refer to appendices for a definition of the fields Page 1 7 Finally there are two optional file selections to make i GLSL deer yards and ii Moose Emphasis Areas The deer yards option is only available in the GLSL Landscape regions while the Moose Emphasis Areas is available in all regions Both files can be anywhere on your system OLT will make a copy of the file in the appropriate scenarios folder in a subfolder called OptionalData CAUTION OLT will project both the deer and moose files to the Lambert projection It is important that they are accompanied by a projection file and that both of these files overlay on the scenario inventory If either of these files does not overlay on the scenarios inventories you will receive errors when attempting to preform moose or deer analyses The deer yards file must contain the following three fields Field name Field Type Values Stratum String 0 1 2 Yard ID Numeric 1 999 Label String Yard name The moose emphasis areas MEA file must contain the following fields
49. a flagged water body and dominated by non water forest units are classified as preferred beaver foraging habitat Hexagons within 200 metres are classed as suitable beaver foraging habitat The forest unit and development stage are then assessed for food supply habitat Suitability and hexagons are rated either suitable or preferred based upon information provided in lookup tables Hexagons that are at least 50 BSH are also flagged as suitable beaver foraging habitat The final beaver habitat classification suitable or preferred of each hexagon is the minimum value of the foraging and food supply habitat components The total area of Beaver habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 43 Black backed Woodpecker The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for habitat suitability and rated as used or preferred The overall habitat suitability is the minimum of the two suitability values The total area of used and preferred Black backed Woodpecker habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 44 Black Bear The forest unit and development stage of each hexagon ar
50. age 105 Southern Flying Squirrel GLSL Values Suitable amp Not Suitable Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Southern Flying Squirrel LgHs BE Suitable Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Spruce Grouse GLSL Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field ee Spruce Grouse LgHs BE Suitable Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Summer Deer Carrying Capacity GLSL Values 0 greater than 16 Measurement Carrying Capacity mean number of deer per ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Water Mean Summer Carying Capacity f km 2 Deer SDKS S1 E 0 40 DN 41 80 Description 8 1 12 0 The legend is an interpretation using E 12 1 16 0 the majority function of the Mm 2160 proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Page 106 Summer Deer Carrying Capacity 500 ha GLSL Values 0 greater than 16 Measurement Carrying Capacity mean number of deer per ha Hexagon size scale 500 ha Water Mean Summer Carrying Capacity km 2 Indicator field a Deer SDKS 2 a eer SDKS _ 8 1 12 0 a HE 121 160 Description Me 150 The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha
51. ahacedeavasbecsdesnCesiesnd doueapdnWesnvesdhucaiventedeinns 10 FMS TE 11 KoV NDD UD TAB REE 12 FolsTd hhh 45445474 13 TNT ee Ekd 14 Greate SCS MAIO BUWON RE EE ERE ETEN 14 METAN hp 21 LET GE EEE EE 18 GANG UTA MGIC AI ONS ERE ETE 21 Moose Emphasis Area Statistics Lanseres dacsvnedseawdiedanedeienteassecesees 24 Regional Forest Unit Moose Emphasis Area Classifications rrrrrrrrnnrrrrnnnnrrrrnrnnnrnrnnnnnrnrrnnnnvnnnnnnr 25 I ae 01 sa 0 1c eter tree n ren err E E eee ee 27 Field Deinuons jagd 29 21810 1 EE NE ER 27 LoL HOG 10 V 50 26 116 GE ERE 31 PFE SGHIDTIVE NACAD S st cucineerswinencaecisehetadnnnetinante dancanesbauuieencaedil E EEE 33 EE IOC ALONG EE EEE 40 Forest Attribute look up tables Appendix I rnrnnrrnrronnrvvrronnrvvrnnnnnvnrrrnnnvnnrrnnnvnrrsnnnvnrsrnnnvnesssnnnnessnnn 84 Legends Appendix IN Leie 85 Age Northwest Northeast and GLSL Regions rsrrrrnnvrrnnrrrnnnvennnvrrrnnvennnversnnvrrnnversnrnrrnnversnnnennn 86 Bared OM GLSL REGION ve 86 PT AL 86 BAK Bear GLSL Red 87 Black Bear Denning H S I GLSL Region srrrnnrvvrennvrrrnnvvrrrnnvrrrrnrvrrrnnvrrrnnrversnnvnrrnnrvrssnnvnssnnrnennnn 87 Black Bear Fall H S GLSL Region ccc cesssecessceseseseceseceesssesesesesensssnseseseeenesensessseeensssneeses 87 Black Bear Spring H S I GLSL Region rrnorernnvernonovenannvernnnnvennnnvsrnnnvvennnnvsrnnnnnenennnsrnnnnnenennnennn 88 Black Bear Summer H S I GLSL Region
52. appears that areas with little or no cover value are now being selected and assigned a higher cover value but this is not the case The chart and map illustrate the dominant cover rank of the forest selected for retention within a 50 ha hexagon For example if within a hexagon there are 40 ha of forest with a cover value of 1 and 10 ha of forest with a cover value of 8 the area would be shaded dark green to show that the dominant cover value of the forest selected for retention is within the Cover Value 5 10 Critical Thermal Cover grouping Although the map illustrates where and what type of forest needs to be retained for the CTC threshold it does not illustrate the amount of forest needed That information is presented in the dbf of the LSL offset shapefile Adjusted Areas The chart and map is produced only if the CTC threshold selected is greater than O and the stratum value selected is either 1a or 2a They illustrate the forest selected by cover value groupings to meet the area needed to reach the Critical Thermal Cover threshold spatially redistributed as evenly as possible with only forested areas with cover values of 2 or great being selected The percentage of forest area selected for retention will be as close as possible to the CTC threshold Once again the map and chart map illustrate only where and what type of forest needs to be retained and does not illustrate the amount of forest selected for retention That information is presented
53. arcels are created for the Deer Winter and Moose Emphasis Areas scripts by intersection the deer yards and or moose emphasis areas with a 1 7 ha hexagonal grid Other spatial layers are used in other evaluative indictor scripts and an LSL hexagon grid which includes summaries of the data are built for each one These layers include e aroads layer which contains the total length in metres of primary secondary and tertiary roads within each hexagon 1 7 ha scale e a buildings layer containing the total number of buildings within each hexagon 1 7 ha scale e astreams layer containing the total length in metres of streams within each hexagon 1 7 ha scale e three climate layers which contain the area weighted mean for each hexagon of the following climate data 0 8 ha scale e temperature of the warmest three months of the year e temperature of the coldest three months of the year e precipitation of the coldest six months of the year For most prescriptive and evaluative scripts initial assessment of forest structure and habitat suitability uses the original LSL parcel file The forest structure and habitat Suitability values are then summarized for each hexagon across the landscape Where hexagons intersect multiple polygons the area of forest classes are Page 31 individually summed For example where a 0 8 ha hexagon intersects multiple landscape classes the area of each landscape class is calculated within each hexagon For habitat
54. ario Import Scenario Export Scenario OLT Job The newly created scenario does not load automatically when the import has finished You must load the scenario by either double clicking on the scenario or using your mouse right button to show the Open Delete selections The quickest way to open a scenario is to double click on the scenario name If you delete a scenario all models and reports will be deleted including the entire directory folder structure associates with that scenario Once a scenario has been loaded the scenario name will occur in the upper right OLT ribbon The Region that was selected during import is displayed including the Area and the FRI import year Five new tabs become available in the main OLT screen Map Calculate Indicators Generate Reports View Reports and Import Log Page 20 Import Export Scenario The import export scenario buttons will allow you to export a scenario into an archived file for the purposes of moving the scenario to another computer When exporting a scenario you will be prompted for a file name You will then be able to move that scenario to another computer with OLT installed and using the Import scenario button import the scenario This allows you to transport scenarios between computers without having to recreate the scenario Note although these are zipped files you MUST use the import and export scenario routines unzipping the scenario outside of OLT will not
55. assessment where a mean suitability value is usually wanted an area weighted average is calculated for each hexagon Page 32 Prescriptive Indicators Forest information is assessed at the 0 8 ha scale Results are summarized and illustrated within the reports at multiple scales as outlined below The number of LSL offsets used to average the results increases with increasing scale and is usually 4 9 or 16 depending on the scale of the output For each prescriptive indicator the resulting proportions and forest patch areas of each forest class or forest age group at each output scale are summarized for every polygon in the original inventory This is done by assessing all forest dominated hexagons within a polygon and calculating the mean proportion or majority patch area The results are then saved to a dbf file FRI Sscenario name along with the corresponding Polygon ID providing a link between the indicator and the starting inventory The resulting proportions and forest patch areas are also assigned to numbered bins whose sizes are identical to those presented in the report charts and maps The resulting bin numbers are saved as binary raster files which can then be read into ESRI to create grid files which illustrate the distribution of forest classes or a particular forest age grouping across the inventory Page 33 Landscape Classes Forest units and development stages are assessed and a landscape class is assigned to each forest
56. atus otherwise it is classed as non habitat The total area of used and preferred Pileated Woodpecker habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 73 Pine Warbler The forest unit and development stage are jointly assessed for used or preferred habitat suitability The area of used habitat and the area of preferred habitat within each hexagon Is then calculated If the combined area of used and preferred habitat is greater than or equal to 50 of the hexagon area than the hexagon is flagged as suitable habitat for aggregating into habitat patches The area of each habitat patch is then determined and any hexagons that are associated with patches lt 10 ha are classed as non habitat The total area of used and preferred Pine Warbler habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used habitat preferred habitat and used and preferred habitat combined within each 1 ha of area Page 74 Red Shouldered Hawk The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for used or preferred habitat Suitability during the breeding season The first habitat suitability component RShsi1 of each hexagon is the minimum value of the two habitat suitabilit
57. bitat are assigned a habitat suitability value of 1 All other hexagons are classed as non habitat and assigned a habitat suitability value of zero A regional analysis is then carried out to determine if there is any human disturbance roads buildings and anthropogenic openings forest unit GRS within 100 metres of each hexagon The habitat suitability of nesting areas is then reassessed and any hexagon that is within the specified distance of human disturbance is no longer classified as Barred Owl habitat The total area of Barred Owl nesting habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred nesting habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 42 Beaver The forest unit is assessed to flag areas of open water regional analysis is then conducted to determine the area of all water bodies in order to identify those that are capable of supporting beavers The area of each lake is assessed and lakes lt 8 ha are flagged as potential habitat Large lakes gt 8 ha are only flagged only if they have irregular shorelines i e an irregularity value of gt 3 This is determined by the following calculation Irregularity Value Lake Perimeter 2 3 1415926 Lake Area 0 5 Hexagons containing a stream segment are also flagged as potential habitat Hexagons that are located with 100 metres of
58. bution and sizes of forest patches of each of the landscape classes are included in the report The forest unit and development stage are also assessed and a forest unit develooment stage class e g PJ1 P ConMx_M OAK I is assigned to each forest polygon section within each hexagon The area of each forest unit development stage class is then summed across the entire inventory and those values are saved to a dbf file FU DS scenario name Page 34 Young Forest This script summarizes the forest into three young forest groups Presapling forest P Presapling Sapling Two Staged PST and Young Forest YF The development stage is assessed and forest that has a seral stage of either presapling sapling or two staged is flagged for inclusion in the PST young forest group Forest that has a seral stage of presapling is flagged for inclusion in the P young forest group The forest age is then assessed and all forest with an age 35 years or younger Is flagged as Young Forest YF The area of each young forest group P PST and YF is then summed across the entire inventory and those values are saved to a dbf file Young scenario name regional analysis is then conducted at the 15 ha scale to locate forest patches of each young forest group At least 50 of the hexagon forest area must be of a particular young forest group for inclusion in a forest patch Reports are produced at the 15 ha scale illustrating the distribution and sizes of for
59. completed click on Finish The OLT icon will appear on your desktop double click on the icon to start OLT Landscape Scripting Language LSL is a spatial modeling system developed at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resource s Centre for Northern Ecosystem Research CNFER in Thunder Bay It serves as the analytical engine within OLT and is used to estimate indicator amounts and texture for specific areas If you have already installed LSL on your computer the OLT installation routines will not overwrite the current version The OLT installation will install a version of LSL t i i Ontario s Landscape Tool L5L32 3 0 4513 that has been tested with a set of indicator scripts Ey appropriate for use with OLT Depending on the operating system that you are using a 64 or 32 bit Songbi version of LSL will be installed The version of LSL is highlighted in the OLT title bar Once you have completed the install you will be able to run a basic version of OLT but you will not be able to create scenarios or access the Science and information Packages If you wish to view and access the Science and Information Packages from the OLT menu extract the science packages from the Science and Information Packages archived zip file to the C IProgramData OltData OLTISciencelnfo folder You can extract these word documents and use them in any folder however if you wish to access them through OLT they must be placed in this location
60. d The following is text from a typical lambert projection file as created in OLT PROJCS MNR_Lambert_Conformal_Conic GEOGCS GCS_North_American_1983 DATUM D_North_A merican_1983 SPHEROID GRS_1980 6378137 0 298 257222101 PRIMEM Greenwich 0 0 UNIT D egree 0 0174532925199433 PROJECTION Lambert_Conformal_Conic PARAMETER False_Easting 930000 0 PARAMETER False_Northing 6430000 0 PARAMETER Central_Meridian 85 0 PARAMETER Standard Parallel 1 44 5 PARAMETER Standard Parallel 2 53 5 PARAMETER Latitude Of Origin 0 0 UNIT Meter 1 0 Page 16 Next you need to specify the format of the shape file either a FIM Compliant Inventory or Generic Inventory o E a eee T get ar VA pre v s 3 i S Pa Cae L j JER og 4 E MI ro Sot t Access J Open ll Design Hew X 4g 2 EE mi Obpyects a Create table in Design view E FieldDefinition Table IO E n 0 STRING ImpotEcasietLockup LgEcost elVald Code 1 NUMERIC Ecotel ImportFonestUndLonkup LoForestlindVakd Code 1 STRING 1 STRING ImportPolyTypelockup LoPolyType Valid Code 0 NUMERIC ImportSiteClasslockup LgSiteClassValid Code 0 STRING Import Species Lookup 0 HUMERK 0 STRING impotSpeciaalookwp LaVig Vaid Code 0 NUMERIC E 1 E E 1 0 E r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Record 14 e Dea of 47 A FIM Compliant Inventory is a shape file that includes the following fields SPCOMP SC STKG
61. d information packages have been copied to the proper folder Click on any of the packages and the corresponding PDF Ontario s Landscape Tool 2013 LSL64 Build 3 0 495 on x Exit OLT Science Information Help Package A Simulations Rationale and Inputs Welcome Packages B Simulation examples surfaces and simulated ranges of natural variation SRNV Package Caribou Habitat definitions Tracts Models and Simulation Results Package Moose Habitat definitions Models and Simulation Results GLSL North GLSL South Ontario s Landscape Tool Version 2013 Olt Job Cancel Page 6 Provincial SRNV Tab There are five sub TABS located on the Provincial SRNV page i Box and Whisker Diagram ii Box and Whisker Data iii Pattern Chart iv Pattern Data and v Key Map Provincial SANV Tab Box and Whisker Diagram sub TAB The Provincial SRNV simulated range of natural variation screen provides you with access to SRNV results from each landscape simulation used in the development of the landscape guide The Box and Whisker Diagram sub Tab provides access to SRNV box and whisker plots The simulated range of natural variation has been calculated for prescriptive indicators i e landscape classes forest unit by development stage old growth young forest and mature conifer and evaluative indicators i e various wildlife species Refer to Science and Information Package A for a co
62. d saved to the polygon linkable dbf file Page 50 Deer OWHAM adaptation Summer Habitat The forest unit and development stage are used to determine an estimate of the biomass kg ha of summer forage within each hexagon For non forested polygons such as treed muskeg only the forest unit is used to determine an estimate of summer forage biomass Hexagons that have a development stage of presapling or are classed as brush and alder are flagged as security cover for deer A regional analysis is then conducted to located patches of cover The summer forage value is then weighted based upon the distance from a security cover patch If the distance is 200 metres or less than the forage value is multiplied by 1 Remaining forage values are multiplied by the percentage of the hexagon that falls within 200 metres Hexagons that are fully out of the 200 metre range have their forage value reduced to zero The deer carrying capacity for each hexagon is then calculated by dividing the forage value by the hexagon area to determine the mean forage per hectare and multiplying the result by 0 02 Forage 0 14286 0 02 The mean summer forage for all forested areas all non forested areas and all land areas is then calculated for the entire inventory The mean summer forage within 200 metres of cover and the mean deer carrying capacity for the entire inventory is also calculated Reports are produced illustrating the deer summer carrying capacity at the 1
63. dicator moose emphasis area statistics will be calculated if a MEA is selected Select the Moose Boreal regions or Moose GLSL as the evaluative indicator The Moose Parameters Emphasis Area ID drop down box will become active Select the MEA ID of interest and submit the model A dbf file will be created in the C ProgramData OltData Scenarios ScenarioName Evaluative Moose GLSL folder GLSL or C ProgramData OltData Scenarios Whitefeather Evaluative Moose folder Boreal The guidelines provide direction on how to manage the productive forest within a moose emphasis area as follows Within each LLP or area manage the productive forest such that i 5 30 of the forest is browse producing habitat generally stands lt 35 years old and lt 10 m tall or stands that have received a selection cut within 10 years or a shelterwood regeneration cut within 20 years ii 15 35 of the forest is mature conifer dominated forest and iii 20 55 of the forest is hardwood dominated or mixedwood forest 235 years old or 210 m tall or recent partial harvest areas that meet the definition of residual forest A stand will only be attributed to one of the three criteria e g a recent partial harvest in a conifer stand may count towards criteria ii or criteria iii but not both Page 24 If an optional moose emphasis area file was imported when a scenario was created browse producing mature conifer and hardwood dominat
64. dormant season browse value ADSbrowse DSrange DSbrowse moving window analysis is then conducted to average the accessible dormant season browse AADSbrowse within a 100 km area around each hexagon The resulting average is then used to calculate the dormant season carrying capacity moose per km or KDS Page 67 KDS 100 AADSbrowse 0 50 227 4 7 a assumes that moose can consume up to 50 of the current annual growth of dormant season browse without long term decline in range quality P length of dormant season biomass consumed per day Accessible growing season forage AGSforage is calculated by multiplying the growing season range value by the growing season forage value ADSbrowse GSrange GSforage A moving window analysis is then conducted to average the accessible growing season forage AAGSforage within a 100 km area around each hexagon The resulting average is then used to calculate the growing season carrying capacity moose per km or KGS KGS 100 AAGSforage 0 20 138 8 4 a assumes that moose can consume up to 20 of the current annual growth of growing season forage without long term decline in range quality P length of growing season biomass consumed per day Another moving window analysis is then conducted to sum the area of open muskeg OMSarea and brush and alder BSHarea within a 100 km area around each hexagon The total moose aquatic feeding habitat moose per km or KGS
65. e assessed for spring summer fall denning and cover habitat suitability The habitat suitability classes are either used or preferred for spring summer fall and denning habitat components and just used for the cover habitat component The total habitat area for each of the first four habitat components spring summer denning and fall is then summed for each hexagon as follows area of preferred habitat plus half of the used habitat area i e Preferred 0 5 Used For the cover habitat component the habitat area must be gt 50 of the hexagon area to be assigned a cover value of 1 All other hexagons are classed having no cover value and assigned a value of zero This spring and summer habitat areas within each hexagon are then weighted adjusted downwards depending on the hexagon s distance from cover habitat to a maximum of 450 m Spring or Summer habitat within 200 metres of cover habitat is multiplied by a factor of one Spring or summer habitat greater than 200 metres from cover is multiplied by a factor that is less than one which decreases with increasing distance from cover habitat Any hexagons with spring or summer habitat greater than 450 m from cover habitat are classed as non habitat A mean weighted habitat area for spring summer and denning habitat components within each hexagon is then calculated based on a moving window of 20 km the estimated home range for black bears A moving window analysis is then done to sum
66. e made due to the placement of hexagons relative to the original FRI polygons The legends in the Map Tab closely match the legends used in the PDF reports The following provides a description of the legends and the rules in rolling up from hexagons to the FRI Refer to Science and Information Package A and Package C aribou for a complete description of each habitat model including outputs Page 85 Age Northwest Northeast and GLSL Regions Values 0 20 21 40 41 60 61 80 81 100 101 150 151 200 and gt 200 Measurement Age Hexagon size scale N A Indicator field Age LgAge Description This is the age of a stand based on the year of scenario build less the year of origin Barred Owl GLSL Region Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Breeding Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Barred Owl LgHs Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the Classes E Water Nonforest 1 20 years 21 40 years BE 41 60 years 61 80 years MH 21 100 years EE 101 150 years BE 151 200 year B Greaterthan 200 years GLSL Buildings GLSL Primary Roads LSL Secondary Roads GLSL Tertiary Roads GLSL Dataload Roads E Water Not Habitat E Useable ME Prefered proportion within a 1 ha hexagon This model use roads and buildings Beaver GLSL Values 0 100 Measurement Sui
67. e overall habitat suitability are also averaged for each inventory polygon and saved to the polygon linkable dbf file Page 46 Boreal Songbirds The Boreal Songbirds script is run using a 0 8 ha hexagonal grid The forest unit and forest age of each hexagon are then used to determine the following e average age of the forest at 50 ha e age edge density at 5000 ha e percentage of hardwood based on volume at 50 ha e mean stand crown closure at 50 ha e mean stand height at 50 ha e proportion of disturbance at 50 ha e proportion of mature forest at 5000 ha The variables listed above are summed or averaged as described below at their respective scale 50 or 5000 ha with the resulting values averaged over multiple offsets and assigned to a 50 ha hexagonal grid The age of the forest is averaged at the 50 ha scale by averaging the age of all 0 8 ha hexagons within each 50 ha hexagon across the landscape That value is then averaged across 9 LSL offsets The age edge density is calculated by first assigning to each 0 8 ha hexagon an age group value 1 for mature and old forest 2 for immature forest and 3 for presapling and sapling forest The length m of edge between forest stands is then weighted based on the age group values of each adjoining stand Where the difference in age group values is 2 between the two adjoining stands the length of edge is multiplied by a factor of 1 0 Where the difference in age group values Is
68. e value the higher the probability of occupancy of the polygon In addition to the probability of occupancy at the 50 ha level within the 5 bins a second set of legends becomes available after OLT has calculated the songbird models These legends become accessible after selecting Songbirds from the Map TAB selection pull down list Select Habitat Variables or Species Exit OLT Science Information Help Close Scenario Region NW Area Whitefeather Forest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Welcome Provincial SANY Scenarios Map Songbird Models Calculate Indicators View Reports Import Log Tool Options Scale 1 1 000 256 Easting 242 226 Northing 12 894 262 Legend ee 88 80 gt Red breasted Nuthatch E PRBNU_S gt 0 46 and PRBNU_S lt 0 E PRBNU_S gt 0 65 Enabled IV Allow Duplicates Area OLT Job Cancel Page 113 Under this secondary set of legends for songbirds and habitat variables you can view both habitat variables and each bird species by either standard deviation or equal interval statistics The standard deviation colour legend is based on statistical properties of the data Each change in color represents either an increase or decrease of 1 standard deviation from the mean value for the overall map For this reason legends based on standard deviation have more biological meaning However this also means the spread of data within each bin colour can differ among maps and even the
69. ea ha within the yard PrP flags a stand that is pure red white or jack pine Cov_rank the cover rank value for a particular polygon within the deer yard Stratum the stratum the polygon belongs to 1 core areas 2 within deer yard but not part of the core area SW_area the severe winter deer habitat area ha cover ranks 5 thru 10 within the deer yard MW_area the moderate winter deer habitat area ha cover ranks 2 thru 4 within the deer yard AC_area the access cover only winter deer habitat area ha cover rank 1 within the deer yard T browse the total amount of browse kg for the entire deer yard Avgbrowse the average kg ha of browse DCC Deer Carrying Capacity deer per km2 DPY Total Deer per Yard based upon DCC Page 56 The polygon linkable dbf file will also include the following fields if the CTC threshold is gt 0 Hab Area the deer habitat area ha within the yard needed to reach the CTC threshold P Hab CRU the proportion of forest needed to reach the CTC threshold The cover ranks used to achieve the CTC threshold a value of 3 means that cover ranks 3 to 10 were needed to achieve the CTC threshold CTC_Flag1 Flags a stand that is selected to achieve the CTC threshold The deer yard summary dbf file e g S1 summary dbf or S2_summary dbf is created and if the CTC threshold is set to 0 and will include only the following fields Field Description Yard ID a unique id number for
70. eas prj should contain a unique label for each unique moose emphasis area MooseEmphasisAreas dbf Page 4 Welcome TAB When you first start OLT a welcome screen will open At this level five tabs and one menu item are available Tabs i Welcome current display ii Provincial SANV iii Scenarios iv Songbird Models v Tool Options and vi About t Ontario s Landscape Tool 2013 LSL64 Build 3 0 4951 Exit OLT Science Information Help Welcome Provincial SRNY Scenarios Songbird Models Ontario s Landscape Tool Version 2013 Olt Queue Olt Job Page 5 Science and Information Menu Item The Science Information menu item provides access to the Science and Information Packages These packages contain inputs rationale simulation results and several tools which can be used when writing a forest management plan in Ontario They also include summaries of information used in the development of the landscape guide These packages are Adobe PDF files and will not open if you do not have Adobe reader installed on your computer We have embedded many documents spreadsheets shape files etc in the science packages and you will need Adobe Reader The science packages are password protected and therefore open as read only If a science and information package is greyed unavailable this means it has not been installed Refer to installation section above and ensure that the science an
71. ed and mixedwood forest statistics will be calculated based on region specific forest units Regional Forest Unit Moose Emphasis Area Classifications GLSL Conifer CE1 HE1 LC1 PJ1 PJ2 PR1 PWOR PWST PWUS4 PWUSC PWUSH SB1 SF1 SP1 GLSL Hardwood Mixedwood BW1 BY1 HDSL1 MWD HDSL2 HDUS LWMW MWR MWUS OAK PO1 Boreal East Conifer PR1 PW1 PRW SB1 PJ1 PJ2 LC1 SF1 SP1 Boreal West Conifer PWDOM PRDOM PRWMX OCLOW PUDOM SBMX1 PJMX1 BFDOM Boreal East Hardwood Mixedwood LH1 TH1 PO1 BW1 MW1 MW2 Boreal West Hardwood Mixedwood PODOM BWDOM OTHHD HRDOM HRDMX Note The mature conifer classification uses forest unit specific seral stage to estimate mature and older The files include individual MEA statistics including Forest Area TFOREST in the MEA Browse area BROWSE in the MEA Proportion of browse PBROWSE in the MEA Mature conifer area MATCON in the MEA Proportion of mature conifer PMATCON in the MEA Hardwood mixedwood area HWDMIX in the MEA Proportion of hardwood and mixedwood PHWDMIX in the MEA Page 25 View Reports Tab You can either open the PDF reports from the reports folder outside of OLT or from within OLT View Reports tab Double click on the report of interest and the report will open in Adobe Reader TE Seir amon Seaton Cover Season Carrying Capacity Season Cover Season Fange Page 26 Appendices Field Definitions Append
72. eeessseeeesseeeeeesegs 99 Marten NW 3 000ha Northwest ReQION cccccccsssccssssseceessseecesssnsecessseeeessssseeesssseeeessseeeesseas 99 Marten NE Northeast REQION ccccccsssscccssssecccssseeccssseeccsssseecessseeeecssueeesessaeeeesseseeesseeneeeens 100 Marten NE Suitable 500 ha Northeast Region rrrnnvrrranvrrnnnvrrnnvrrnnnvennnrrrnnnvrrnnvrrnnnvsrnnvnssnnnsnnnne 100 Marten NE Suitable 5 000ha Northeast R QION ccccccscssseccssceesssecsseeeesseeesseessseeessseeeees 100 Mature and Old Forest Northwest and Northeast Region rrrrrrnnvrrrrnnnvrrrrnnnnrrrrrnnnrrrrnnnnvnnnnnnr 101 Mature and Old Forest 50 ha GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region srrrrnrvrrrnvvrrnvvrrnnne 101 Mature and Old Forest 500 ha GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region 101 Mature and Old Forest 5 000 ha GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrrrnrrrrrrnnnrnrnnn 102 Moose Bioclimatic Northwest and Northeast Region srrrrannnvvnrnnnvvvrrnnnnvvrrnrnnvvrrrrnnvvrsrrnnvnrrennn 102 Moose Bioclimatic HSI Northwest and Northeast Region rrrrrnvrrrannvvrnnnvvrrnnnvvrrnnvversnnvnrrnnnsenn 102 Moose Bioclimatic HSI Food Northwest and Northeast Region cecesesesssteeesteeesneeees 103 Moose Bioclimatic HSI Food amp Cover Northwest and Northeast Region r rrrsrvrrrnvvvrrnnvrrr 103 Moose HSI Precipitation Coldest Quarter Northwest and Northeast Region 006 103 Moose
73. efore and after spatial adjustment will be at the 50 ha scale All other charts and maps will be at a 1 ha scale All output shapefiles one for each LSL offset will be at the 50 ha scale When the results are at 50 ha it will be noted in the chart X axis titles and the map legend titles Page 52 The first step in assessing deer winter habitat is to use the species composition and forest height to assign a cover quality ranking to each hexagon There are 10 cover rankings and they are grouped into three classifications severe winter cover cover ranks 5 thru 10 moderate winter cover cover ranks 2 thru 4 and access cover cover rank 1 The forest unit and development stage are then used to estimate browse kg ha within each hexagon The deer yard layer is read in deer yards are located and their total forested area calculated A regional analysis is then conducted to locate forest patches of each cover ranking value within each deer yard If a CTC threshold greater than zero is selected the percentage of critical thermal cover is multiplied by the total deer yard forested area to determine the area of forest to maintain for winter cover Starting with forest patches that have a cover ranking value of 10 the accumulative area of forest patches with a cover ranking gt 1 i e moderate and severe winter cover only is then compare to amount of forest needed to retain in order to meet the CTC threshold For example if the total area of
74. enario Region NW Area Whitefeather Forest Year 2013 Scenario Whitefeather Provincial SANV Scenarios Map Songbird Models Calculate Indicators Tool Options General Information Common Name Alder Flycatcher v AOU Alpha Code fALFL tt t Latin Name Empidonax alnoum Relative Abundancy Very Rare to Common B rss Population Trend Stable population increasing last 30 years 1 of 285 gt bl Life History Population Status Migration Status Migratoy Ontario Wide Boreal Hardwood Boreal Softwood Nest Location Shrub Woody Lower Canopy Trend Status Mm M M O Secondary Habitat Wetland gt Current Reliability 2 2 0 2 o Tertiary Habitat Ether gt Regional Priority TE Stew dg igi aa Young Trend status LD large decline MD moderate Unique Habitat Nome decline ST stable MI moderate increase LI large increase DD data deficient blank absent or very few Food Type Insects Fruit birds present OLT Job Once these models have been calculated the results of each songbird are available in both the View Reports and Map tabs The songbirds script will produce output for 13 species including Alder Flycatcher Common Yellowthroat Red breasted Nuthatch Least Flycatcher Black and white Warbler Red eyed Vireo Ovenbird Brown Creeper Winter Wren White throated Sparrow Bay breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler and the Chestnut sided Warbler Page 1
75. es Algoma Forest Ar Algonquin Forest Armmstong Nipigon Forest Armstrong Forest Bancroft Minden Forest Big Pic Forest Black River Forest Black Sturgeon Forest Caribou Forest Cochrane Moose River Forest Crossroute Forest Dog River Matawin Forest Dryden Forest English River Forest Data French Sevem Forest Gordon Cosens Forest Hearst Forest Iroquois Falls Forest Area Algoma Forest Once you have selected an area you can then select an Indicator to view SRNV The Indicator pull down box will list all the indicators that a SRNV has been estimated For several indicators a third choice Type must be selected For example SRNV s for unique forest units have been estimated If you choose Forest Units as an indicator you also must select the specific forest unit from the Type pull down box You can scroll through each of these and the SRNV for a selected area by indicator by type will be displayed Page 8 Box and Whisker Data sub TAB Click on the Box and Whisker Data sub Tab will open a screen which displays the data values specific to the current SRNV box and whisker plot Exit OLT Science Information Help Welcome Provincial SRNY Songbird Models ToolOptions About Value Pre sapling 0 4 Sapling 5 9 Immature 10 59 Mature 60 79 Old canopy age 80 Lower Range 0 00 84 90 136 73 71 67 Lower Quartile 0 00 257 54 337 72 275 80 Median 0 00 413 14 477 99 Upper Quartile 0 00 565 99 662 76
76. est patches of each of young forest group Page 35 Mature and Old Forest The development stage is assessed and forest that has a seral stage of mature old or two staged is flagged as Mature Old forest The area of Mature Old forest is then Summed across the entire inventory and that value is saved to a dbf file MO F scenario name The area of Mature Old forest is then summed for each hexagon at 50 500 and 5 000 hectares The proportion of Mature Old forest is then calculated for every hexagon at each of the three scales by dividing the Mature Old forest area by the total forest area within the hexagon These values are then averaged over multiple LSL offsets 4 offsets for the 50 scale and 9 offsets for the 500 ha scale and 16 offsets for the 5 000 ha scale The mean proportion of Mature Old forest at each scale is then averaged across the entire inventory and those values are saved to the dbf file mentioned above Reports are produced at the 0 8 ha scale illustrating the mean proportion of Mature Old forest average over multiple offsets at each of the three scales Page 36 Old Growth Forest The forest unit and forest age are assessed within a look up table in order to flag areas of forest considered to be Old Growth Any forest with a seral stage of two staged is not considered as Old Growth forest since that forest area is included in the Mature Old forest area The area of Old Growth forest is then summed across the entire i
77. exagon Is the minimum value of the two habitat suitability values A moving window analysis is then conducted to sum the area of used and preferred habitat within a 2 000 ha area around each hexagon The biomass kg of adult red squirrels in then calculated as follows RSkg 0 2 1 0 nbrRSu 2 5 nbrRSp 0 60 0 309 a mean squirrel biomass kg P squirrel density ha in used habitat area ha of used habitat within 2000 ha d squirrel density ha in preferred habitat e area ha of preferred habitat within 2000 ha f annual mortality rate 9 percent of annual mortality rate attributed to raptors The biomass value for each hexagon is then saved to a LSL grid file to be used in the Northern Goshawk script Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of Red Squirrel biomass kg per 2000 ha across the inventory based upon the mean biomass within each 1 ha of area The biomass values are also averaged for every polygon and saved to a polygon linkable dbf file Page 78 Ruffed Grouse The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for three habitat suitability components 1 drumming and nesting habitat 2 brood rearing habitat 3 winter habitat suitability The initial habitat suitability used or preferred of each hexagon for each habitat component is the minimum value of the forest unit and development stage habitat Suitability values A moving window analysis is then done to sum the pre
78. f each indicator This is often used to compare against the SRNV PDF reports with texture maps and histograms will be generated if Generate Reports is selected Similarly LSL will create hexagon shape files and raster files if these options are selected This is usually not required and the default is No Output However each shape file is placed in the Shapefiles folder Page 22 Once submit your request the bottom status OLT Queue and OLT Job will indicate the approximate position in the queue ra Ontara Laedscmpe Ter BADUT Seiencelnformation Help ClousScensao Repone GUL Aree Ottewn Valley Forest Year 2013 Dha roset photons blad muleg deen Bs beeing pst Uber odel a based argehr or er nmor apabal BEE mingi for neng Pahta in Mobis et al 206d moded tor patal reguremenis sogested by att r men modes Kaen s si 199 Hei cf sl HR Ped eet Be VE GL makine rek orm aeti r fm Soto Bd lamaen Package TATT h r compas aipin ol made O Fed Soulder d Husk 1 Hed Sumama O Ruffed Grouse puer Grause EA Duci Ot Queue Executing Baned Od model B Cancel Submit mod m LSL Page 23 Moose Emphasis Area Statistics Ontario s Forest Management Guide for Conserving Biodiversity at the Stand and Site Scales include a set of standards guidelines and best management practices for moose emphasis areas When selecting either the Moose Boreal regions or Moose GLSL as the evaluative in
79. ferred habitat and the used preferred habitat of each habitat component within 400 metres of each hexagon If a hexagon has gt 0 ha of preferred habitat of each habitat component within 400 metres then it is assigned a value of 2 If the hexagon does not meet that criterion it is reassessed and if it has gt 0 ha of used preferred habitat of each habitat component it is assigned a value of 1 All other hexagons are assigned a value of zero The value assigned after the moving window analysis is then multiplied by the maximum value of the three habitat components listed above This results in three possible overall habitat suitability values 4 2 or zero A hexagon with a value of 4 is given a final habitat suitability class of preferred and a hexagon with a value of 2 is given a final habitat suitability class of used All other hexagons are classed as non habitat The final habitat suitability value for each hexagon is then saved to a LSL grid file to be used in the Northern Goshawk script The total area of used and preferred Ruffed Grouse habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 79 Snowshoe Hare The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for used or preferred habitat suitability The initial habitat suitability of each hexagon Is the mini
80. g Capacity e Dormant Season Carrying Capacity e Aquatic Feeding Capacity e Aquatic Feeding Habitat e Dormant Season Browse e Growing Season Forage e Dormant Season Range e Growing Season Range In 2012 a new version of Ontario s Landscape Tool was developed that allows for Moose Enhanced Areas MEA MEA results are the same as described above but at a MEA level Results are placed in a folder named with the unique number of the MEA Page 69 Northern Flying Squirrel The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for habitat suitability The initial habitat suitability of each hexagon is the minimum value of the two habitat Suitability values The area of habitat patches is then calculated Hexagons that are part of a habitat patch gt 12 ha are flagged as suitable habitat Hexagons that are associated with habitat patches lt 12 ha are also flagged as suitable habitat if they are within 2 km of another habitat patch that is gt 12 ha All other hexagons are classed as non habitat The total area of Northern Flying Squirrel habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of suitable habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 70 Northern Goshawk The forest unit and the development stage are each assessed for nesting habitat Suitability and assigned either a value of 2 for preferred 1 for used and zero for non hab
81. habitat suitability using look up tables supplied by the habitat model author The total amount of forest non forest and water areas is summed Hexagons that are greater than 50 percent open water are eliminated from the final habitat analysis In several evaluative indicator scripts a moving window analysis is conducted to sum the area s of habitat component s within a specified radius When this is carried out the total area of each habitat component within the specified radius of a hexagon is assigned to that hexagon The resulting total area s will vary from hexagon to hexagon depending upon a hexagons location relative to habitat areas across the landscape For several evaluative indicators reports are produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based on the percentage of used and preferred habitat within each 1 ha In these scripts the resulting percentages of used and preferred habitat are assigned to one of five percentage bins No habitat NH lt 50 used habitat U lt 50 preferred habitat P gt 50 used habitat DU and gt 50 preferred habitat DP The bins are also numbered 0 through 5 and the bin numbers are saved as binary raster files which can then be read into ESRI to create grid files which illustrate the distribution of used and preferred habitat across the inventory For the remaining evaluative indicators binary raster files are also created assigning the final habitat suitability informat
82. he above fields as well as the following additional fields Field Description CTCT Area the winter cover habitat area ha needed to reach the CTC threshold Hab Area the area ha of winter cover habitat of all cover ranks used to reach the CTC threshold P Hab the percentage of habitat area selected Page 5 Status CR Used the lowest cover rank class needed to reach the CTC threshold the range of cover ranks used to reach the CTC threshold The deer yard summary dbf file for a CTC threshold gt 0 and with spatial adjustment e g S2 CTCT20 adjusted dbf will include the following fields Field Offset ID Yard ID LSL offset Yard Area For Area CTCT Area T HabArea Hab Area P Hab SW area MW area Description a unique id number for each LSL offset of each deer yard a unique id number for each deer yard a unique id number for each LSL offset area in hectares of the deer yard the forested area ha within the deer yard the winter cover habitat area needed to reach the CTC threshold the total area of winter cover habitat cover ranks 1 thru 10 the area of winter cover habitat of all cover ranks used to reach the CTC threshold the initial percentage of habitat area selected the area of severe winter habitat selected the area of moderate winter habitat selected A summary of stand cover ranking by deer yard will be created if the CTC threshold is gt 0 and will include the following fields e g CA_data_ dbf Field Se
83. her used or preferred with a minimum of 140 ha of the forest being preferred habitat than the hexagon is given a value of 1 otherwise it is given a value of zero The final habitat suitability for each hexagon Is then this value multiplied by the original habitat suitability value Thus hexagons originally classed as used or preferred marten habitat maintain that habitat status if they meet the patch size criteria The total area of used and preferred marten habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 63 Marten Boreal For NW inventories the forest unit and the forest age are assessed for habitat suitability For NE inventories forest units with a seral stage of either mature or old are assessed for habitat suitability The total area of suitable marten habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of suitable habitat within each hexagon at the 1 ha 500 ha and 5 000 ha scales for the NE and at the 1 ha 500 ha and 3 000 ha scales for the NW Page 64 Moose Boreal The boreal forest moose script is run using a 0 8 ha hexagonal grid The forest unit and forest age of each hexagon are then used to determine the value of the following forest
84. hexagon Summer Deer Carrying Capacity 60 km GLSL Values 0 greater than 16 Measurement Carrying Capacity mean number of deer per ha Hexagon size scale 60 km Indicator field Water Deer SDKS 3 Mean Summer Carying Capacity H km 2 E EE 0 40 HE 41 30 Description 21 120 The legend is an interpretation using B 121 150 the majority function of the Mm gt 160 proportion within a 60 km hexagon Summer Deer Carrying Capacity 2000 km GLSL Values 0 greater than 16 Measurement Carrying Capacity mean number of deer per ha Hexagon size scale 2000 km Water Indicator tield Mean Summer Carying Capacity km Deer SDKS 4 ao me 41 30 ner 8 1 120 escription BE 121 16 0 The legend is an interpretation using mm 150 the majority function of the proportion within a 2000 km hexagon Page 107 Summer Deer Forage All GLSL Values 0 greater than 60 Measurement All Forage kg ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator tield Deer SF All 1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Summer Deer Forage Forest GLSL Values 0 greater than 60 Measurement Forage Forest only kg ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Deer SF FOR 1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Summer Deer Forage N
85. his is carried out similar to the procedure described above but with the shortfall of winter cover area being divided by the number of hexagons with surplus habitat to determine the amount of additional forest to retain within each hexagon A total of three passes across each deer yard are done to spatially distribute the winter cover habitat as evenly as possible The browse values for each hexagon within each deer yard are summed and divided by the yard area to provide an average browse kg ha The average browse kg ha is then used to calculate a deer carrying capacity for each deer yard The deer yard carrying capacity is then used to calculate the total deer per yard Please refer to science and Information Package B for a detailed description of these calculations Below is a list of what output is produced depending on CTC and Stratum values are selected The Deer Winter LSL Report will include Note reports can be accessed directly OLT View Reports Tab or found in folder programdata oltdata scenarios scenarioname reports Deer Winter Carrying Capacity Kw The map and chart illustrate the deer winter carrying capacity for the entire stratum selected Total Deer per Yard The map and chart illustrate the total number of deer that can be support for the entire stratum selected Browse Supply The map and chart illustrate the kg per ha of browse summarized at the 1 ha scale Quality of Deer Winter Cover The map a
86. ility values are then averaged across the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of the probability of songbird occupancy across the inventory at the 1 ha scale The forest variables and the probability of songbird occupancy are averaged for each inventory polygon and saved to the polygon linkable dbf file Page 48 Caribou Winter Habitat Conventional Boreal Model The forest unit and forest age are assessed for winter habitat suitability and classed as either used or preferred The total area of used and preferred caribou winter habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and preferred winter habitat within each hexagon at the 1 ha 500 ha and 60 km and 300 km scales Refuge Habitat Conventional Boreal Model The forest unit and forest age are assessed for refuge habitat suitability The total area of suitable refuge habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of suitable refuge habitat within each hexagon at the 1 ha 500 ha and 60 km and 300 km scales Capable Habitat Conventional Boreal Model The forest unit and forest age are assessed for capable habitat suitability The total area of capable habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are a
87. inter 6 000 ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Winter Habitat Hexagon size scale 6000 ha Indicator field Caribou Winter P CARI 3 Description The legend is an interpretation using Water No Habitat Me 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon E 71 40 my 41 60 Me 61 80 Me 21 100 the majority function of the proportion within a 6000 ha hexagon Caribou Winter 30 000 ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions Winter Habitat Hexagon size scale 30000 ha Indicator field Caribou Winter P CARI 4 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 30 000 ha hexagon Water No Habitat EE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon me 21 40 Me 41 60 Me 61 80 Me i 100 Page 91 Caribou Winter Patches Northwest Region Values 0 8 Measurement Patches Winter Habitat Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Caribou Winter PA_CARI Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Conifer Northwest Region Values 81 100 Measurement Proportions Conifer Forest El Water Hexagon size scale 50 ha BE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon HE 71 40 Indicator field WE 41 60 Me 61 80 Conifer all ages PC Prop S1 me 31 10 Description This legend is a represe
88. ion to bins identical to those shown in the LSL reports Habitat suitability HS values within each evaluative indicator script are summarized for each inventory polygon This is done by calculating the mean HS value s of all hexagons within each polygon The results are then saved to a dbf file FRI Sscenario Page 40 name along with the corresponding Polygon id number This will allow the user to link the habitat suitability results back to their original inventory file And where habitat suitability values are grouped into percentage bins as described above the majority percentage grouping NH U P DU or DP is determined for each polygon and also saved the polygon linkable dbf file Note Refer to Science and Information Package A for a non LSL description of all evaluative models Page 41 Barred Owl The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for habitat suitability during the breeding season and rated as used or preferred The initial habitat suitability is the minimum of the two suitability values A moving window analysis is conducted to sum the area of preferred nesting habitat and the total area of used and preferred nesting habitat within a 150 ha home range 700 m radius window Hexagons with gt 40 ha of preferred nesting habitat are assigned a habitat suitability value of 2 for nesting habitat Remaining hexagons are examined and hexagons with gt 40 ha of both used and preferred nesting ha
89. itat The first habitat component of each hexagon NGhsi1 is the minimum value of the two habitat suitability values The area of nesting habitat patches is then calculated and hexagons within habitat patches gt 12 ha are given a value of 1 for the second habitat component NGhsi2 All other hexagons are given a value of zero for NGhsi2 The number of habitat patches is then summed within a 2000 ha area typical home range around each hexagon Hexagons within nesting habitat patches gt 12 ha and have at least two other habitat patches of the required size within a 2523 metre radius are given a value of 1 for the third habitat component NGhsi3 All other hexagons are given a value of zero for NGhsi3 Grids containing potential biomass of four prey species are merged in The four prey species are 1 Snowshoe Hare 2 Spruce Grouse 3 Ruffed Grouse 4 Red Squirrel A moving window analysis is then conducted to sum the total available prey biomass within a 2523 metre radius of each hexagon Hexagons with a potential prey biomass of at least 136 kg within a home range area of 2000 ha are given a value of 1 for the fourth habitat component NGhsi4 All other hexagons are given a value of zero for NGhsi4 A regional analysis is then carried out to determine the proximity of all weather roads primary and secondary roads Hexagons that are located further than 150 metres from all weather roads are given a value of 1 for the fifth habita
90. ix SPCOMP Field species Somposition field Bequired for FIM Compliant Import Meld type String Field This field contains the species Eomposition of each forested bolygon The field lists the species f order of relative dominance and a ee hdds up to 100 If a stand Bot oer ence Somposition does not add up to mec i TE ar 100 a warning will be tagged to the polygon Refer to Forest Information Manual for a complete Sescription p e Q alid species values in SPCOMP Ifield Species tagged with a 1 in amp he UsedInQuery field are valid S O alid species values in SPCOMP Gield This field contains the IXpecies composition of a forested bolygon The field lists the species Qn order of dominance and adds Sip to 100 If a stand Icomposition does not add up to 100 a warning will be tagged to Ithe polygon Refer to Forest Qnformation n Page 2 Wh haz A SC Field site class field Microsoft Access JE File Edit View Insert Format Records Tools Window Help Adobe PDF Required for FIM Compliant SS SF ds AL Zh te veg Import hy ae Field tyoe Numeric Field ImportSiteClassLookup Table D X ee ee The site class values range from 0 4 and represent the site productivity of a stand Refer to Forest Information Record 19 lt 1 gt tp of 5 Manual for a complete Datasheet View description STKG Field stocking field Req
91. l habitat suitability of non habitat The habitat suitability value for each hexagon is then saved to a LSL grid file to be used in the Northern Goshawk script The total area of used and preferred Spruce Grouse habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 82 Wood Duck The forest unit and the development stage are each assessed for nesting suitability The overall nesting suitability of each hexagon is the minimum value of the two habitat suitability values The area of lakes rivers wetlands and brush and alder is then calculated A hexagon that meets the criteria below is considered possible brood rearing habitat e open water gt 4 ha and lt 8ha e wetland areas gt 4 ha that are adjacent to open water that is gt 1 ha and lt 2 ha e wetland areas gt 2 ha that are adjacent a lake gt 8 ha e brush alder gt 2 ha that are adjacent a lake gt 8 ha Hexagons with suitable nesting habitat and located less than 200 metres from suitable brood rearing habitat are classed as preferred habitat Hexagons with suitable nesting habitat and located gt 200 metres but lt 800 metres from suitable brood rearing habitat are classed as used habitat The total area of used and preferred Wood duck habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports a
92. legend is a representation of fisher habitat with preferred and sub optimal useable habitat The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion of fisher habitat within a 1 ha hexagon Brush and Alder BFDOM BWDOM PODOM HRDOM HRDMX Hexagon size Scale 1 ha MN OTHHD me FJMX1 Indicator field Forest Units LgFu HE fJDOM DN CONMX Description This legend represents forest EE ocLow units EE SBLOW DN SECOM DN 58MX PWDOM PRWMX PRDOM Brush E Grass HE Open Muskeg HE Rock B Treed Muskeg E Water E Developed Agriculture Unclassified Forest Units Northwest Region Values See legend Measurement Forest Units Page 94 Forest Units Northeast Region Values See legend Measurement Forest Units Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Forest Units LgFu Description This legend represents forest units Forest Units GLSL Region Values See legend Measurement Forest Units Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Forest Units LgFu Description This legend represents forest units me Ewi me ci Me Hi B THI MW my MWe me mva me ri Mm PJ FOT HE PRI HE PRW E PW Me SBI Me sFi Me SPI HE BOG WS Brush I Gress B Open Muskeg B Treed Muskeg E vater 0 Developed Agriculture Unclassified MM Red Pine PR White Pine 4 cut Shelterwood PW US4 White Pine Red Oak PWOR HE White Pine Hardwood Shelterwood PWUSH
93. lso produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of capable habitat within each hexagon at the 1 ha scale Mature Conifer Habitat Clay belt Boreal Model The forest unit and forest age are assessed for habitat suitability The total area of caribou mature conifer habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of caribou habitat within each hexagon at the 1 ha 500 ha and 60 km and 300 km scales Suitable Habitat Clay belt Boreal Model The forest unit and forest age are assessed for habitat suitability The total area of suitable caribou habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of caribou habitat within each hexagon at the 1 ha 500 ha and 60 km and 300 km scales Capable Habitat Clay belt Boreal Model The forest unit and forest age are assessed for habitat suitability The total area of capable caribou habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of caribou habitat within each hexagon at the Page 49 1 ha 500 ha and 60 km and 300 km scales The mean proportions of all caribou habitat types are averaged for each inventory polygon an
94. mplete list of species Bos and Whisker Diagram Bos and Whisker Data Pattern Chart Pattern Data kep Map The SRNV are presented as box and whisker or smi plots including the median minimum maximum Median lower and upper quartile 25 to 75 percentile Lower quart le i from multiple simulations Different simulation periods measurement periods and models were used in each of the Landscape Guide Regions Refer to Science and Information package A for complete descriptions Lower range At the bottom of the Provincial SRNV screen is an Area Filter with five radio buttons By clicking on these you can display simulation results box and whisker diagrams by Forests Ecodistricts ED Landscape Guide Regions LGR Wildlife Management Units and Caribou Ranges Area Filter f Forests FMU C Ecodistricts C Landscape Guide Regions C Wildlife Management Units WMU 0 Caribou Ranges Page 7 Once you have selected an area you can then select a specific area based on your filtering selection The Area pull down box on the left will list each area for which SRNV s have been calculated Select the pull down box a list of areas will then pop up Use the side scroll bar to view the entire list Select the area which you wish to view a SRNV Fisher Forest Unit Landscape Classes pe Year Old Growth Ruffed Grouse Southem Flying Squirrel Summer Deer Young Forest Indicator Landscape Class
95. mum value of the two habitat suitability values A moving window analysis is then conducted to sum the area of used and preferred habitat within a 12 ha area around each hexagon Hexagons that have at least 8 ha of used and or preferred habitat within the 12 ha area retain their Original habitat suitability classification All other hexagons are classed as no habitat The weighted area habitat suitability value for each hexagon is then saved to a LSL grid file to be used in the Northern Goshawk script The total area of used and preferred Snowshoe Hare habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 80 Southern Flying Squirrel The forest unit is assessed for food supply suitability and the development stage Is assessed for nesting suitability The initial habitat suitability of each hexagon Is the minimum value of the two habitat components food supply and nesting The area of habitat patches is then calculated Hexagons that are part of a habitat patch gt 20 ha maintain their suitable habitat status All other hexagons are flagged as non habitat unless they are within 1 km of a habitat patch gt 20 ha in which case they also maintain their suitable habitat status The total area of suitable Southern Flying Squirrel habitat is then summed for the entire inventory
96. ncy of Hexagon my 1 20 HE 21 40 HE 41 60 E 61 75 Me 5 Page 99 Marten NE Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Marten habitat Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Marten NE P_AMHSI1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Values 0 100 Measurement Marten habitat Hexagon size scale 500 ha Indicator field Marten NE P AMHSI2 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha ha hexagon Values 0 100 Measurement Marten habitat Hexagon size scale 5000 ha Indicator field Marten NE P_AMHSI3 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 5 000 ha hexagon Water Percent Occupancy of Hexagon me 1 20 my 71 40 41 60 Me 61 80 Me 51 100 Marten NE Suitable 500 ha Northeast Region Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Me 1 20 my 71 40 41 60 HE 61 80 Me 21 100 Marten NE Suitable 5 000ha Northeast Region F g og g i Pe p 4 vi 3 wig EN E Water Percent Occupancy of Hexagon DE 1 20 my gt 140 41 60 HE 61 80 HE 21 100 Page Mature and Old Forest Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 generally 81 100 Measurement Proportions Mature and Old Forest Hexagon size Scale 1 ha
97. nd chart illustrate the winter cover ranking of the forest area at the 1 ha scale All 10 rankings are presented as well as 0 value representing forest that has no cover value Grey areas represent areas with no forest cover Proportion of Forest with Deer Winter Cover The map and chart illustrate the proportion of forest that has a cover ranking of 2 or greater Winter Cover Dominance All Available Habitat The chart and map illustrate the cover habitat by group rankings at the 1 ha scale This output is very similar to the Quality of Deer Winter Cover output except that the cover rankings are by Critical Thermal Cover value Page 54 groupings no cover value cover value 1 cover values 2 to 4 and cover values 5 to 10 Initial Selected Areas The chart and map are produced only if the CTC threshold selected is greater than 0 They illustrate the forest selected by cover value groupings to meet at least the minimum area needed to reach the Critical Thermal Cover threshold The output is always at the 50 ha scale The bin labeled Cover Not Selected represents forest with a cover value of 2 or greater that is not selected for retention to meet the CTC threshold The results include all of the forest area of the lowest cover value needed to reach the CTC forest area of the threshold selected Since all of the forest area of the lowest cover value is selected the actual percentage of forest selected may be greater than the CTC threshold lt
98. nit are classed as Lowland Spruce For Northwest inventories the area of conifer dominated forest is summed across the entire inventory and that value saved to a dbf file PC F scenario name For Northeast inventories the areas of Jack Pine Upland Spruce and Lowland Spruce forest are summed across the entire inventory and those values are also saved to a dbf file filename is the same The areas of conifer dominated forest NW or Jack Pine Upland Spruce and Lowland Spruce forest NE are then summed for each hexagon at the 50 500 and 5 000 hectares The proportion of conifer forest is then calculated for every hexagon at each the three scales by dividing the conifer forest area s by the total forest area within the hexagon These values are then averaged over multiple LSL offsets 4 offsets for the 50 scale and 9 offsets for the 500 ha scale and 16 offsets for the 5 000 ha scale The mean proportion of conifer dominated forest NW or Jack Pine Upland Spruce and Lowland Spruce forest NE at each scale is then averaged across the entire inventory and those values are saved to a dbf file named above Reports are produced at the 0 8 ha scale illustrating the mean proportion of conifer forest average over multiple offsets at each of the three scales Page 38 Pine Forest Units GLSL The forest unit is assessed and any forest area classed as PWOR PWUSC PWUSH PWUS4 or PR is flagged as Pine forest The area of pine forest is summed acr
99. ntation of the conifer all ages indicator which includes the SoDom PjDom PJMx1 and SbMx1 forest units The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion of conifer within a 50 ha hexagon Page 92 Values PRESAPLING SAPLING IMMATURE MATURE and OLD Measurement Development Stages Hexagon size scale N A Indicator field Development stage LgDs Description Development stage based on the forest unit classification and age Values NW1 NW2 NW3 NW40 NE1 NE2 NE3 NE40 CE1 CE2 CE3 CE40 Measurement Ecosites Hexagon size scale N A Indicator field Ecosite Ecosite1 Description This is the Ecosite of a stand based on the values in the ecosite1 field of the imported FRI Development Stage Northwest Northeast and GLSL Regions E Presapling fi Sapling H immature B Mature HE Old WS Twostaged E Brush Grass B Open Muskeg HE Rock BE Treed Muskeg E Water EE Developed Agriculture Unclassified Ecosite Northwest Northeast and GLSL Regions Water mm Nw NW NW3 me va NWS me NWS me NW me we nws BE nwio we Nw mm 12 my NWwi3 me Nwi4 Page 93 Fisher GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values Not habitat Useable and Preferred Pin Measurement Fisher habitat Ao Hexagon size scale 1 ha 0 Water Indicator field Not Habitat Fisher LgHs E Useable HE Prefered Description This
100. nventory and that value is saved to a dbf file OG scenario name The area of Old Growth forest for each forest unit is also summed across the entire inventory and those values are saved to the same dbf file The area of Old Growth forest is then summed for each hexagon at 50 500 5 000 20 000 and 50 000 hectares The proportion of Old Growth forest is then calculated for every hexagon at each the five scales by dividing the Old Growth forest area by the total forest area within the hexagon These values are then averaged over multiple LSL offsets 9 for the 50 and 500 ha scales and 16 for the 5 000 20 000 and 50 000 hectares The mean proportion of Old growth forest at each scale is then averaged across the entire inventory and those values are saved to the dbf file mentioned above Reports are produced at the 0 8 ha scale illustrating the mean proportion of each Old Growth forest average over multiple offsets at each of the five scales Page 37 Conifer Forest Boreal The forest unit is assessed within a look up table in order to flag areas of forest considered to Conifer dominated For inventories located in the Northwest Region these areas include PjDom PjMx1 SoDom and SbMx1 For inventories located in the Northeast Region three Conifer forest groups are flagged Areas with either a PJ1 or PJ2 forest unit are classed as Jack Pine areas with a SP1 or SF1 forest unit are classed as Upland Spruce and areas with a SB1 or LC1 forest u
101. nvvrnnnvvrrrnnvnrrrnvrrn 101 Northern Goshawk GIS Eaves esashveasattiond cxassspdveanitens sess vied cnacitendsendasndaasauenaaoseulietaned seed E ENEE e a Eei 102 Old Growth GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrsrrrrnrvrrnnvrrnnvrrrnnvrrnnvrrrnnversnvrrrnnvensnnenn 102 Pileated Woodpecker GLS LL eccscccssssecsssseecesssessseecsssseessseeecssseeecssasessesseesssesesseaueesseasesseaneess 102 EV DE PA 103 Red Shouldered Hawk GLSL rrenrornnrornnrrenrvrnnrvsnnresnnvrsnrnsnnrvsnnrrsnnnssnvsssnrnssnsrsnvssnnrsssnsrsnnnssnnsssnseens 103 FE otii EE EE EE EN 103 Red and White Pine GLSL srrvrrnnrvnrnnrrnnnnrrsnnnrnsnnsensnnnrnrnnsrsvnnsrsnnnsnsnnnsnsnnssnsnnenernnennnansnnnusensnnssennnee 104 Red and White Pine 50 ha GLSL esseesarorennveennrvenensrennreennnsennnvsennnseennvesnnnsennnsnennpssnnnsnennnsennnssennnen 104 Red and White Pine 500 n GLSL ssiwnciscanssnevsivvecnovencsnecsizvacsonsndantradansunonen vauekanlocaameatenicnauesenaneas 104 Red and White Pine 5 000 ha GUS L wccescivcavesees sndtacievecenecvsnneitdexasesesbintiasievannnncdsnvsesaevavevasniansancaees 105 Gade GL E r E ee 105 Snowshoe Hare GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrrrrnnvvrrnnvvrrnnvvrrrnnvrrrsnnvrrrnnvnrrnnnn 105 Souhen FVN Sgumel GLS asaciaciccataenpieatwunactescutdawantadicenaceesanstreindenseutderesaaedeusauapeeedtvneelaceuners 106 o ilo eg 11910 5 E Bo EEEE AEE E E A E T EE EE ee E E 106 Summer Deer Carrying Capacity GL
102. on Forest GLSL Values 0 greater than 15 Measurement Forage Non Forest Only kg ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Deer SF NFOR 1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the Majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Water Forage kg ha E 0 20 40 60 ED 1 1 ve rd _ Water Forage kg ha Mm 0 20 Me 21 40 Me 41 60 Me 60 o Water Forage kaha B 0 5 Mm 5 10 E 11 15 HE i5 Page 108 Summer Deer Forage Forest GLSL Values 0 greater than 60 Measurement Forage Non Forest Only kg ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha ned kg ha me 0 20 Indicator field MB 21 40 Deer SFORAGE_1 Me 41 60 HE E Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Wood Duck GLSL Values Useable amp preferred Aa Measurement Suitability Ss GER Hexagon size scale 1 ha Te Indicator field Wood Duck LgHs B Water Not Habitat Description WM Useable HE Prefered The legend is an interpretation using the Majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Working Group GLSL Northwest and Northeast Regions Values See legend list i INVENTORY wig Measurement Forest Information Manual Standard refer to Ontario s FIM manual Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Working Group WG Description The legend
103. onter Nonhwest FEN 92 Development Stage Northwest Northeast and GLSL Regions r masrvrrrrvvrenvvrrnrvvrenvvrrnrverennen 93 Ecosite Northwest Northeast and GLSL Regions rrrrrrrrnvrrrennrrrrnnvrrrrnnrrrnnnnrernnnrrrsnnnresennvnennn 93 Fisher GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region rrsrrrrannrvrrnnvvrrnnnvvrrnnnvrrnnnvrrrsnnvnrrnnrvrrsnnverennnnennnn 94 Forest Units Northwest Region sesesesesesersssseresssereseseresesereseseressseresesereseseresesereseseresesereseseresesens 94 Forest Units Northeast Region Lassa nemne save evnnennvd 95 Forest Unis GLSL FN 95 Landscape Classes Northwest R QION cccsscccssssecsssseessseesssssecsssesesssssecesueesssaseessneeesssaneess 96 Landscape Classes Northeast Region rrnnrerarnrvrrnnnvnrnnnvvrrnnnrerarnrvrrnnnvnrsrnnnrsnnnvnrsnnrnnsnnnvesennnnrsnnn 96 Landscape Classes GLSL Region ccsscccsssccsssseeessseecsseeecsseeecssesessssuecsesseessssneesssesesssaneess 97 Lynx GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region cccsscecessccsssecssseeeesneeeessseeesseeessseeessseeens 98 Management Type GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region srrrrnrnnrvrrnnnnrvrrnnnnrvernnnnrnernnnnnn 98 ETE GE EEE en ee ee err ee rene 98 Marten NW Northwest Region ccccccsssseccssssseccsssssecessssseeeesseecessseeeesssseeeesesseeeeesseeeesseeeeeesegs 99 Marten NW 500ha Northwest Region cccsscccssssecesssstecesssneeeeessseeessseeeesssss
104. oportion within a 1 ha hexagon E i Biomass kg ha E Page 100 Moose Growing Season Range GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 1 Measurement Growing Season Range Hexagon size Scale 1 ha Water Not Range HE Rance Indicator field Moose GSRange Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Moose Growing Season Cover GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 1 Measurement Summer Thermal Cover Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Moose GSCover UN Water No Cover Description BE Temal Cover The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Northern Flying Squirrel GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values Not suitable and suitable Measurement Habitat Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Northern Flying Squirrel LgHs am sie Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Page 101 Northern Goshawk GLSL Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha GLSL Primary Roads GLSL Secondary Roads Indicator field 3L5L Tertiary Roads Northern Goshawk LgHs GLSL Dataload Roads O Water oo Not Habitat Description BE Useable The legend
105. ority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon IMPROVE Ej SELECT Marten GLSL Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field p ke pe rat tanta Marten LgHs BE Useable Eas HE Prefered Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Page 98 Marten NW Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Marten habitat Hexagon size Scale 1 ha Indicator field Marten NW Mart S1 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Marten NW 500ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Marten habitat Hexagon size scale 500 ha Indicator field Marten NW Mart 2 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha hexagon Marten NW 3 000ha Northwest Region Values 0 100 Measurement Marten habitat Hexagon size scale 3 000 ha Indicator field Marten NW Mart 2 Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha hexagon Percent Occupancy of Hexagon me 1 20 HE 2140 me 41 60 Me 61 75 me 275 Water Percent Occupancy of Hexagon E 1 20 HE 2140 HE 41 60 Me 51 75 HE 75 Water Percent Occupa
106. oss the entire inventory and that value saved to a dbf file PRW scenario name The area of pine forest is then summed for each hexagon at the 50 500 and 5 000 ha scales The proportion of Pine forest is then calculated for every hexagon at each the three scales by dividing the Pine forest area by the total forest area within the hexagon These values are then averaged over multiple LSL offsets 4 for the 50 scale and 9 for the 500 ha scale and 16 for the 5 000 ha scale The mean proportion of Pine forest at each scale Is then averaged across the entire inventory and those values are saved to the dbf file named above Reports are produced at the 0 8 ha scale illustrating the mean proportion of each Pine forest average over multiple offsets at each of the three scales Page 39 Evaluative Indicators Habitat suitability is assessed at the 1 7 ha scale for most wildlife species and 0 8 ha for Boreal Songbirds and Boreal Bioclimatic Moose habitat Results are summarized and illustrated within the reports at the 1 ha scale and at broader scales for some of the wildlife species where noted below Three offsets at the 1 ha scale are averaged to produce the results seen within the charts For larger scales the number of offsets increases with increasing scale and is usually 4 9 or 16 depending on the scale of the output For many of the evaluative Indicators the forest unit and development stage is read in from the inventory and assessed for
107. over and a value of 1 representing lateral cover Hexagons with no cover Suitability are assigned a value of zero The forest unit and the development stage are also each assessed for growing season thermal cover GScover suitability with a value of 1 representing thermal cover and a value of zero as no thermal cover suitability The overall suitability value for DScover and GScover is the minimum of the forest unit and development stage suitability values A regional analysis is then conducted to determine the dormant season moose range DSrange Each hexagon is assessed based on the distance it is located from each of the three dormant season cover classifications If a hexagon is less than 1600 metres from late winter cover it is given a value of 1 for first DSrange component DIST 1 otherwise it is given a value of zero for DIST1 If a hexagon is less than 400 metres from either early or late winter cover it is given a value of 1 for second DSrange component DIST2 otherwise it is given a value of zero for DIST2 If a hexagon Is less than 200 metres from early or late winter cover or lateral cover it is given a value of 1 for third DSrange component DIST3 otherwise it is given a value of zero for DIST3 The dormant season moose range Is determined by multiplying the three DSrange components together DSrange DIST1 DIST2 DIST3 Accessible dormant season browse ADSbrowse is calculated by multiplying the dormant season range value by the
108. probability of habitat occupancy The model is based on breeding behaviour so the graph depicts how we expect forest songbird birds to select habitat during the spring time In the case of Alder Flycatcher it selects habitat with lots of edge whereas Brown Creeper selects habitat with little edge Page 114 The habitat variables are measured at one of two spatial scales Local scale variables are based on forest characteristics within a 50 ha surrounding the approximate location of the bird These are stand age canopy height canopy closure hardwood volume and disturbance At the landscape scale variables are based on forest patterns within 5000 ha and are edge density and intact forest Variable Label Scalet Description Tree height Height Local Weighted average of Ontario forest resource inventory FRI height as measured from aerial photography using a parallax bar Percent Local A measure of cover type Percent hardwood Hardwood of total merchantable timber that is volume hardwood Interpolated from yield curves for standard forest units Low levels indicate softwood cover type high levels hardwood cover type Percent Canopy Local Interpolated from FRI stand age canopy Closure closure Average Stand Age Local Weighted average of FRI stand Stand Age age Interpretation based on stand height and texture Percent Local A measure of young forest cover Young disturbance amount Percent of total forest lt Fore
109. proportion of young forest the proportion of mature conifer forest and the proportion of mixed conifer deciduous forest within each 50 ha hexagon is then assessed for food winter cover and food cover moose habitat suitability respectively based upon HSI look up tables Overall moose habitat suitability based upon food and cover is determined by multiplying the winter cover HSI value by either the HSI Food value or the HSI Food Cover value depending upon which of the two HSI values is the highest The mean of each climate variable within each 50 ha hexagon is then assessed for moose habitat suitability based upon HSI look up tables Page 65 The resulting seven HSI variables and the predicted moose density are then each averaged across the entire inventory Reports are produced illustrating the predicted moose density and the distribution of suitable moose habitat of each HSI variable across the inventory at the 0 8 ha scale The predicted moose density and all seven HSI values are averaged for each inventory polygon and saved to the polygon linkable dbf file Page 66 Moose OWHAM adaptation The forest unit and development stage are used to estimate biomass kg ha of dormant season browse and growing season forage within each hexagon The forest unit and the development stage are each then assessed for dormant season cover DScover suitability with a value of 3 representing late winter cover a value of 2 representing early winter c
110. ral Science and Information Packages These packages contain summaries of inputs rationale simulation results and decision support tools that can be used when writing a forest management plan or for testing model inputs assumptions and results OLT contains routines which allow the user to import digital forest resource inventories and perform analyses and comparisons consistent with the analyses and results which were produced from the simulation These routines provide the user with techniques to compare existing or planned landscapes i e forest harvest plans with simulation results including estimates of the simulated ranges of natural variation SRNV Page 1 Installation InstallShield Wizard Preparing to Install Double click on the OltSetUpxxxx exe file to cia Landscape Tol 102 Setup is preparing he begin the installation The first screen will program setup process Pease wat indicate that the OLT installation is being E Sis Ved prepared and the necessary files are being POCO extracted i Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Ontario s Landscape Tool 1 0 0 The InstallShield R Wizard will install Ontario s Landscape Tool 1 0 0 on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties i Ontario s Landscape Tool 1 0 0 InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Ontario Minist
111. re also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 83 Forest Attribute look up tables Appendix Ill Click below to access Elkie P A Rudy and M Gluck 2009 Development of Empirical Habitat Element Curves for the Northern and Southern Boreal and Great Lakes St Lawrence Regions Based on Ontario Growth and Yield data and Expert Interpretation Chapter 2 found in Rempel R S P C Elkie M Gluck J Jackson T Moore A Rudy B Seely and C Welham 2009 Habitat Element Curves Development and Evaluation of Empirical versus Process Based Models Technical Report CNFER TR 003 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research Thunder Bay Ontario Canada 46 pp Page 84 Legends Appendix IV When indicators are calculated in OLT the results become available as reports hexagon or binary raster files if requested and as rolled up to polygons with fixed legends in the Map Tab Most users of OLT already have a geographic information system GIS and it was not our intent to redevelop or force user s into a specific GIS Therefore we included the rolled up to polygon which permits the user to export resultant shape files for use in their GIS When rolling model results up from hexagon grids depending on the scale some interpretations or generalizations ar
112. ription GLSL Tertiary Roads The legend is an interpretation using GLSL Dataload Roads the majority function of the proportion E Water within a 1 ha hexagon This model uses deg 2 roads and buildings when estimating viner habitat Red Squirrel GLSL Values 0 gt 105 Measurement Biomass kg 2000ha Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Water Red Squirrel RSqkg Mean Biomass kg 2000 ha HM so 61 75 Description 76 99 The legend is an interpretation using E 91 105 the majority function of the proportion HE gt 105 within a 1 ha hexagon Page 103 Red and White Pine GLSL Values 0 100 Measurement Red and White Pine Area Hexagon size Scale 1 ha f Water Indica tor tield Me 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Red and White Pine PRW_P_S1 HE 21 40 my 41 60 Description DN 61 80 The legend is an interpretation using the Mil 21 100 majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Red and White Pine 50 ha GLSL Values 0 100 Measurement Red and White Pine Area hexagon size scale 50 ha Water Indicator field B 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Red and White Pine PRW 1 Si Mm 2140 my 41 40 EE er HE 61 80 Description BE 1100 The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon Red and White Pine 500 ha GLSL Values 0 100 Measuremen
113. ry of Natural Resources You must accept the Ontario Ministry of Natural ELECTRONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY End User Licence Agreement om Resources Electronic Intellectual Property End This is a legal agreement between you the Licensee and the Queen s Printer for Ontario User Licence Ag reement before installation This ee Er licence is for all components of OLT and LSL If fr res Gee Gee eu araa you do not accept this licence then you must ieee ne kere arenes remove all components of OLT and LSL from GJ I do not accept the terms in the license agreement your computer f Ontario s Landscape Tool 1 0 0 InstallShield Wizard A E K gt i Installing Ontario s Landscape Tool 1 0 0 4 I i T h S l n stal ati O n pac kag e d O es n ot p ro m pt th e The program features you selected are being installed J user for installation locations OLT will be Fa Please wat while the Instahild Wizard instals Ontaric s Landscape Too installed in two spots The program olt exe Je will into the systems Progam Files folder Working and data files will be installed into a Programdata folder Status CO Next you will be prompted with a final screen ee for installation o T TE The OLT installation may take several minutes as it copies various files to the location you chose The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Ontario s Landscap d su ape Tool 1 0 0 Click Finish to exit the wizar Once the installation has
114. s the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 61 Lynx The forest unit and development stage are assessed for foraging and denning habitat Suitability A moving window analysis is then conducted to sum the area of foraging and denning habitat within a 10 000 ha area around each hexagon Hexagons that have at least 2000 ha of foraging and at least 2000 ha of denning habitat within the 10 000 ha area are flagged as preferred habitat Hexagons with at least 1000 ha of foraging and at least 1000 ha of denning habitat are flagged as used habitat All other hexagons are flagged as no habitat The total area of used and preferred Lynx habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used and or preferred habitat within each 1 ha of area Page 62 Marten GLSL The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for habitat suitability and rated as used or preferred The initial habitat suitability is the minimum of the two suitability values moving window analysis is done to identify patches of habitat that are of sufficient size The total area of used habitat the total area of preferred habitat and the total area of forest is summed within 5 km of each hexagon If a hexagon has at least 350 ha of forest with 5 km and at least 263 ha of the forest is classed as eit
115. st 20 years Contrast Edge Landscape A measure of forest cover Weighted configuration and age class Edge interspersion Contrast weighted Density density of edge between young lt 20 years old immature and mature gt 60 forest where young mature forest has a contrast weight of 1 and immature a weight of 0 5 Percent Intact Landscape A measure of mature forest cover Mature and Forest amount and intactness of the Old Forest mature forest matrix Percent of total forest gt 80 years old f Local scale is 50 ha landscape scale is 5000 ha The models were developed using Bayesian logistic regression and the models are linear combinations of the coefficients Some of the relationships are non linear and may be bell shaped u shaped or s shaped These polynomial curves use both 1st order and 2nd order coefficients The graphs are created by averaging the forest conditions for all variables but the graphed variable then varying that variable from the lowest to highest value in Page 115 the inventory for that scenario It provides an approximation of how the species will respond to changes in a single variable But of course a bird selects habitat based on a full suite of variables and there are many interacting effects on habitat selection To display the exact estimated probability that a stand will be selected by a species view the probability map in the Map viewer and then zoom to a selected area The Map viewer
116. t Red and White Pine Area Hexagon size scale 500ha Indicator field HE Water Red and White Pine PRW 2 S1 BE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon me 21 40 my 41 60 a NE Me 61 80 Description E 211007 The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 500 ha hexagon Page 104 Red and White Pine 5 000 ha GLSL Values 0 100 Measurement Red and White Pine Area Hexagon size scale 5 000 ha Indicator tield WW Water Red and White Pine PRW 3 S1 EE 1 20 Percent Occupancy of Hexagon 71 40 HE 41 60 EN DE 61 80 Description BE 21 100 The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 5000 ha hexagon a ee An ee ae pes Se Ruffed Grouse GLSL poe N Values Useable amp preferred 4 Measurement Suitability Hexagon size Scale 1 ha o Water 1 Net Hah Indicator tield i dg Ruffed Grouse LgHs u Description The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon Snowshoe Hare GLSL Northwest and Northeast Region Values Useable amp preferred Measurement Suitability Hexagon size scale 1 hs Indicator field BE Wate _ Water Snowshoe Hare LgHs Not Habitat MY Useable Description HE Prefered The legend is an interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon P
117. t Suitability ar Index er Water Hexagon SIZE scale 50 ha Percent Hexagon with Habitat No Habitat Indicator field Moose H S 1 HSIATWQ1 DE 1 20 DN 21 40 Description 41 60 61 80 The legend is an interpretation using wm 21 100 the majority function of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon Moose HSI Winter Cover Northwest and Northeast Region Values 0 100 Measurement Proportions H S I Winter Cover Hexagon size scale 50 ha Inaicator tield Percent Hexagon with Habitat Moose H S 1 HSIWCOV1 No Habitat Me i 20 Description The legend is an interpretation 21 40 using the majority function ae of the proportion within a 50 ha hexagon EE 21 1002 Page 97 Moose GLSL Region Values 0 greater than 1 2 Measurement Moose carrying capacity Hof moose per square kilometre Water Hexagon size scale 1 ha EE 0 05 Canying Capacity moose km 2 Me 0 06 0 10 0 11 0 15 Indicator field Moose MNKMSQ D 0 16 0 20 HE 021 025 Description HE 025 030 HE 031 040 The legend is an interpretation using BE 0 41 050 the majority function of the proportion gm 050 within a 1 ha hexagon Moose Aquatic Feeding k GLSL Values 0 greater than 1 2 Measurement Moose aquatic feeding Water carrying capacity of moose per Bl lt 0 05 Canying Capacity moose km 2 square kilometre HE 006 0 10 Hexagon size scale 1 ha 0 11 0
118. t component NGhsi5 All other hexagons are given a value of zero for NGhsi5 The overall habitat suitability for Northern Goshawk is calculated by multiplying the five habitat components Page 71 where NGhsi1 2 preferred habitat 2 NGhsi2 NGhsi3 NGhsi4 NGhsi5 where NGhsi1 1 used habitat 1 NGhsi2 NGhsi3 NGhsi4 NGhsi5 where NGhsi1 0 the hexagon Is classed as non habitat The total area of used and preferred Northern Goshawk habitat is then summed for the entire inventory Reports are also produced illustrating the distribution of habitat across the inventory based upon the percentage of used habitat preferred habitat and used and preferred habitat combined within each 1 ha of area Page 72 Pileated Woodpecker The forest unit and development stage are each assessed for used and preferred habitat suitability during the breeding season The initial habitat suitability of each hexagon is the minimum value of the two habitat suitability values A moving window analysis is the completed and each hexagon is assigned the total area ha of used habitat and the total area ha of preferred habitat within a 100 ha evaluation area The total areas are then converted to km The suitability of patch size PS is then estimated based on the following algorithm PS 2 0924 km2 of preferred habitat 0 8901 km2 of used habitat 0 7681 If the value of PS is gt 0 then the hexagon retains its habitat st
119. tID Yard ID Yard Area Coverrank For Area Hab forest p for CR Description a unique id number for each hexagon a unique id number for each deer yard area in hectares of the deer yard the cover ranking value the forested area ha within the deer yard the cumulative forested area for all cover rank values from 10 to that particular cover rank value e g for a cover rank value of 5 this field represents the forested area within the deer yard of all polygons with cover rank values of 5 to 10 the cumulative percentage of cover in the deer yard for all cover rank values from 10 to that particular cover rank value An LSL shapefile e g 52 2 0 1 shp or 52 20 2 0 1 shp will be created for all runs and will include the following fields Field SetID Yard ID Yard Area Yard For Forarea Covrank SWarea 10 MWarea 4 Description a unique id number for each hexagon a unique id number for each deer yard area in hectares of the deer yard the forested area ha within the deer yard the forested area ha within the hexagon the dominant cover value of the hexagon the area of forest ha within the hexagon with cover values of 5 to the area of forest ha within the hexagon with cover values of 2 to Page 58 ACarea the area of forest ha within the hexagon with a cover value of 1 If the CTC threshold is gt 0 the LSL shapefile e g S2 20 2 0 1 shp will include all the fields listed above and also the following fields
120. tability Hexagon size scale 1 ha Indicator field Beaver BVR 1 Description The legend is an GLSL Low Slope Streams Segments o Water Percent Occupancy of Hexagon Me 020 my 71 40 41 60 Me 61 80 Me 21 100 interpretation using the majority function of the proportion within a 1 ha hexagon This model uses streams in low slope areas and they are included in the legends Page 86 Black Bear GLSL Region Values 0 gt 0 091 Measurement Arithmetic mean of fall summer spring and denning habitat Hexagon size scale 1 0 ha Indicator field Black Bear HAB SUIT A Description Black bear is the result of three seasonal models See Science and Information Packages for a complete description Black Bear Denning H S I GLSL Region Values 0 gt 0 091 Measurement Denning habitat HSI Hexagon size scale 1 0 ha Indicator field Black Bear DEN W Description Winter denning habitat See Science and Information Packages for a complete description Black Bear Fall H S I GLSL Region Values 0 gt 0 091 Measurement Fall HSI Hexagon size scale 1 0 ha Indicator field Black Bear FALL W Description Fall foraging habitat See Science and Information Package for a complete description Water Relative Suitability 0 1 HE 0 000 0 01 HE 0 010 0 020 HEN 0 071 0 030 HE 0 031 0 040 0 041 1 050 0 051 1 060 HE 0 061 0 070 BE 0 071 0 08
121. tive indicators are specific to each region and if you select the wrong region you may not be able to run one or more models The Region text i e NW NE or GLSL will change based on the area you select When OLT classifies your inventory it uses the year of origin field to determine the age of forest Therefore you can select a Year to use as the base year for the classifications For instance if you select 2008 the age of each polygon will be equal to the year of origin subtracted from 2008 OLT does not grow the forest Page 15 Next Select the shape file that you Description This is an example for the manual want to import OLT will automatically project the inventory into the lambert coordinate system To do this OLT needs to know the projection of the selected Area White River Forest Year 2013 4 inventory Therefore OLT requires that a prf file accompanies your Region NE inventory files Consult with your OLT Support Files Detected for Landscape Regions GLSL NE NW g eographi C inform ati on systems TE officer if you need more information Inventory CAwhitefestherlambertwhitefeather2shp aiea on the prf file Ifa pr file EN does not exist with your shape file fr FIM Compliant Inventory PolyID you will get a wean and the Eee um inventory file name will be display fu Le v in red You will not be able to He gt continue UTM Lambert and geographic projections are supporte
122. uired for FIM Compliant Import Field type Numeric Field The stocking field represents the stocking of the stand and usually contains values from 0 to 1 0 Valid values include 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 and 1 0 Refer to Forest Information Manual for a complete description YRORG Field year of origin field Required for FIM Compliant Import Field tyoe Numeric Field This field typically contains the year the forest stand originated often after a stand replacing disturbance Typical values include 1937 1981 2001 etc Refer to Forest Information Manual for a complete description Page 28 POLYID Field polygon identification field Required for FIM Compliant Import and Generic Field type String Field This field contains a unique numeric value for each polygon Be careful with this field Although it contains numbers the format of the field is string and OLT does not allow duplicate values POLYTYPE Field polygon type field Required for FIM Compliant Import and Generic Import Field type string This field contains the land type within the polygon see table for valid codes Note that only Polytype For productive forest will be classified into a forest unit DEVSTAGE Field development stage type field Required for FIM Compliant Import Refer to FIM technical specifications manual for typical values Field type string HT Field height field Required for FIM Compliant
123. work These routines only allow you to move the base scenarios between computers Models that have been executed prior to an export will not be included in the export files Ontario s Landscape Tool 2013 LSL6 Exit OLT Science Information Help Welcome Provincial SRNY Scenarios Songbird Models Tool Options About Region Name Description Created _ Create Scenario WW ky an ss 3 NW Black Bay PWS 2013 03 05 Close Scenario GLSL Ottawa 2013 04 22 NW Marathon Test 2013 04 22 Update Description NW Whitefeather Forest 2013 04 26 NE From Scott ARF baseline year 0 2013 06 18 Delete Scenario WF No moose 2013 07 08 Base 2013 07 17 Import Scenario Pattem Test LGFU B2 2013 07 23 mest Pattem Test 2 2013 07 23 Pattem Test south 2013 08 06 Olt Queue Olt Job Page 21 Map Tab When selecting the Map tab OLT uses a third party geographic information viewer to open and display the inventory When you first click on the Map tab blank map will appear Click on the pull down box under the OLT Select Field pull down selection box to view the various legends After initial import they include Age Development Stage Forest Unit Landscape Classes Stocking and Ecosite1 The LSL will become active after an model has been run Calculate Indicators using LSL Similarly the Songbirds tab will become active after the songbirds model has been run Calculate Indicators Boreal only
124. y Cavity Snag Secondary Cz decline ST stable MI moderate increase LI large increase DD data deficient blank absent or very few Food Type linsects Seeds birds present vr OLT Job Page 116
125. y values The area of open water and open muskeg are summed within a 1000 metre radius of each hexagon to provide an estimate of Riparian Hunting Habitat RHH Hexagons with lt 5 85 ha of open water and open muskeg are given a value of 0 for RHH Hexagons with gt 5 85 ha and lt 20 39 ha are given a value of 1 and hexagons with gt 20 39 ha and lt 48 95 ha are given a value of 2 All hexagons with gt 48 95 ha of open water and open muskeg are given a value of 3 for RHH The area of used and preferred habitat based upon the forest unit and the area of preferred habitat based upon the development stage are then summed within a 500 metre radius of each hexagon to give an estimate of Upland Hunting Habitat UHH Hexagons with lt 19 64 ha of upland hunting habitat are given a value of 1 for UHH Hexagons with gt 19 64 ha and lt 40 48 ha are given a value of 2 and hexagons with gt 40 48 ha of upland hunting habitat are given a value of 3 for UHH The total area of forest TFA is summed within a 500 metre radius of each hexagon Hexagons with lt 33 48 ha of forest are given a value of 0 for TFA Hexagons with gt 33 48 ha and lt 52 43 ha are given a value of 1 and hexagons with gt 52 43 ha and lt 62 59 ha are given a value of 2 All hexagons with gt 62 59 ha of forest are given a value of 3 for TFA An overall suitability OS rating for RHH UHH and TFA is determined by the following formula OS RHH UHH

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