Habitat evaluation map based on the analysis of structure, composition and change of habitats

Abstract

This paper intended to present a framework and a method to draft habitat evaluation maps for habitat conservation plannings. Variables which influence the inhabitations of the evaluation species were chosen from the literature and categorized according to the structure,composition and change of habitats. By using GIS, evaluation maps of three categories of habitats (structure, composition, change) were drawn, and finaly, a habitat evaluation map of the evaluation species was drafted overlaying the three categorical maps. Habitat evaluation maps by this method will present useful informations for habitat conservation plannings.