Vernal pool connenctivity in Massachusetts
Updated: 22 Feb 2010


This directory contains results of the kernel pools model
for Massachusetts (Compton et al. 2007), rerun in February
2010 using the 2005 landcover.

	poolstext.zip (467 KB) contains kernelpools2010.txt
		text file containing results
	
	poolsshape.zip (913 KB) contains kernelpools2010.shp (several files)
		point shapefile of results


Both the text file and shapefile have the following attributes:
	pvp_number		Heritage's potential vernal pool number
	x-coord, y-coord	pool location (Mass State Plane, NAD83)
	ecoreg			ecoregion #
	local			local score
	neighborhood		neighborhood score
	regional		regional score
	combined		combined local/neighborhood/regional score
	ecoregion		combined score by ecoregion





Literature cited
	Compton, B. W., K. McGarigal, S. A. Cushman, and L. R. 
	Gamble. 2007. A resistant-kernel model of connectivity 
	for amphibians that breed in vernal pools. Conservation 
	Biology:21(3):788-799.