- Metric Name:  Mountain Lion

- Data Vintage:  2014

- Unit Of Measure: Binary, 0 (not suitable) and 1 (suitable)

This layer shows highly suitable habitats for the reproduction and feeding of Mountain lion (Puma concolor).

Creation Method: CWHR classifications are based on a combination of FVEG canopy cover, FVEG size class and vegetation data. The vegetation data includes a variety of tree, shrub, grassland, and water dominated habitats. Species are considered present, and habitats considered suitable for each 30m cell for which the canopy cover-size-vegetation combination have been deemed highly suitable for the reproduction or feeding of that species in the California Wildlife Habitat Relationship database.

Data Source:

FVEG

California Department of Fish and Wildlife CWHR version 9.0 (CDFW); 2014



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