Problem Statement What is the habitat status of the endangered Bay Checkerspot Butterfly in the Bay...
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Problem Statement
What is the habitat status of the endangered Bay Checkerspot Butterfly in the Bay Area?
Questions To Be Examined
Where do Bay Checkerspots live?
Is any of their habitat protected?
Might highway pollution effect their habitat?
What pressure do they face from human habitation?
Butterfly dataParks Roads Census Data
Spatial Query
Parks that intersect
butterfly habitat
1500m highwaypollution bufferaround habitat
Major highways Population of census blocks touching habitat
Spatial Query
Attribute Query
Spatial Query
Project Flow Chart
Further Study
Pollution levels vs. grassland health and butterfly population levels (over time)
Detailed land use status of habitat areas
Are there other similar serpentine grasslands around the Bay Area? Status?
Do any other endangered species depend on the serpentine grasslands?