What is the Local Habitat Suitability Extension?

Local Habitat Suitability generates maps of habitat suitability classes as defined by the user. Suitability can be determined by forest type, age, time since disturbance, type of disturbance, and forest condition prior to disturbance. This output extension uses age-only cohort information, so it is compatible with any succession extension. It can use disturbance information provided by Base or Biomass Harvest and Base or Dynamic Fire.

Release Notes

• Latest official release: Version 3.0 — October 2024
• View User Guide.
• Full release details found in the User Guide and on GitHub.
• Copyright: The LANDIS-II Foundation

Requirements

To use Local Habitat Suitability, you need:

• The LANDIS-II model v8.0 installed on your computer.
• Example files (see below)

Download and Install the Extension

The latest version can be downloaded here. (Look for the download icon in the upper right corner.) Launch the installer.

Example Files

Example files are here

Citation

Cite the User’s Guide

Support

If you have a question, please contact Brian Miranda. You can also ask for help in the LANDIS-II users group.

If you come across any issue or suspected bug, please post about it in the issue section of the Github repository (GitID required).

Author

Donald Brown (West Virginia University, School of Natural Resources, Morgantown, WV & USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Parsons, WV) and Brian Miranda (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Rhinelander, WI, USA)

Mail : brian.r.miranda@usda.gov