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Broad Ecosystem Inventory Wildlife Habitat Ratings Interpretations for Mammals

The Broad Ecosystem Inventory (BEI) Classification provides broad regional information about the distribution of ecosystems throughout the province and the value of these ecosystems to wildlife. This work is done in order to facilitate the use of wildlife information in broad provincial and regional land and resource planning initiatives. Broad Ecosystem Units are mapped based on imagery of the provincial land base generally captured at a scale of 1:250,000. BEI mapping represents forest conditions from approximately 1995 to 2000. The BEI Classification was used to produce wildlife habitat capability and suitability mapping following Provincial Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR) Standards (Resource Inventory Committee 1999). Habitat classifications were based on BEI units. BEI units were evaluated and rated to determine the habitat potential (capability) and current habitat conditions (suitability) for selected wild ungulates and furbearers within each seral stage within each Broad Ecosystem Unit (and related site modifier variation) within the framework of Ecosections and Biogeoclimatic Sub-zone/Variants for their ability to supply the species’ necessary life requisites. Regional Wildlife and Habitat biologists, technicians, Forest Ecosystem Specialists, and consulting species experts provided species habitat ratings for each region of the province. Wildlife habitat capability and suitability mapping was completed for the following wild ungulates and furbearers: Northwestern Moose, Alaskan Moose, Shiras' Moose, Bison, Rocky Mountain Elk, Roosevelt Elk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, Sitka Black-tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer, Dakota White-tailed Deer, Northwestern White-tailed Deer, Boreal Woodland Caribou, Mountain Woodland Caribou, Northern Woodland Caribou, Lynx, Bobcat, and American Badger. Habitat mapping followed Provincial Wildlife Habitat Ratings (WHR) Standards (Resource Inventory Committee 1999).

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Date ( RI_367 )
2022-01-19
Date ( RI_366 )
2022-01-17
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Ecosystems - ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Ecosystems - ( )
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • BEI
  • Broad Ecosystem Inventory
  • Ecosystem Classification
  • Ecosystem Mapping
  • WHR
  • Wildlife Habitat Ratings
  • badger
  • bison
  • bobcat
  • caribou
  • deer
  • elk
  • furbearer
  • habitat capability
  • habitat modelling
  • habitat suitability
  • lynx
  • moose
  • ungulates
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
0001-01-01
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:3005 / unknown
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RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Ecosystems - ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Ecosystems - ( )
OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
BC Geographic Warehouse Custom Download ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Report: British Columbia Wild Ungulates Habitat Assessment ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Report: British Columbia Forest Carnivore Habitat Assessment ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

File identifier
36afb87d-58e7-4f05-b790-200ea849a8c2 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-05-27
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Ecosystems - ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Ecosystems - ( )
 
 

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