Habitat Suitability Modelling

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The Wild Watch is a new project based in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The Wild Watch will enable people to play an active part in conserving Nidderdale’s natural heritage by helping them gather natural history data that will be used to improve habitats for wildlife. The project will combine the power of citizen science, a dynamic partnership approach and the latest research to gather natural heritage records, reconnect communities to their local natural heritage and pioneer a new way of delivering conservation action on a landscape scale. Population surveys of 50 priority species will be carried out by professional ecologists and trained volunteers as appropriate, supplemented by data gathered through Citizen Science programmes. Data on 10 priority species will be used to create Habitat Suitability Models (HSM) that will in turn be used to develop species conservation action plans. Keywords: Species, Habitat, Ecology, Wildlife, Endangered, Nature