## 2 Materials and Methods
### Resources for Very High Resolution (VHR) Satellite Imagery (Research for Step 3)  
We used VHR Multispectral (MS) and Panchromatic (PAN) data from 3 different satellite sources, DMC3, Superview, and Komsat 3/3A, purchased from Earth-i, for performing the habitat suitability assessments and the associated automated classification maps. The description of the satellites' camera mode, spectral and spatial resolutions, and the acquisition date are given in Table 2. These satellite images were requested to be between spring and late summer when most tree crowns were leafy and crops had just been harvested; thus, we could discern different patterns, shapes, and textures to understand the landscape and habitat requirements of the selected species. As time-series images of the same location from 2016 until 2020 were available, we could also analyse for habitat change.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Species** & \begin{tabular}{c} **Species** \\ **Scientific Name** \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} **Main Habitat** \\ **Requirement** \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} **Provider of the** \\ **Species Occurrence** \\ **Records** \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} **Collection** \\ **Period** \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline Silver-washed & & & & \\ \begin{tabular}{c} _friillary_ \\ butterfly \\ \end{tabular} & _Argynnis papha_ & Woodland/scrub & \begin{tabular}{c} Butterfly \\ Conservation (BC) \\ \end{tabular} & 2015–2019 \\ \hline Small blue & & & & \\ \begin{tabular}{c} _Cupido minimus_ \\ butterfly \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Chalk grassland \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Butterfly \\ Conservation (BC) \\ \end{tabular} & 2015–2019 \\ \hline Skylark & _Alauda arensis_ & \begin{tabular}{c} Pasture/Arabie \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Surrey Bird Club \\ (SBC) \\ \end{tabular} & 2010–2019 \\ \hline Hazel dormouse & \begin{tabular}{c} _Muscardinus_ \\ _avellanarius_ \\ \end{tabular} & Hedgerow & \
\begin{tabular}{c} National Dormouse \\ Database (NDD) \\ \end{tabular} & 2008–2019 \\ \hline Dragonflies & _Anisoptera_ spp. &
\begin{tabular}{c} _British Dragonfly_ \\ Society (BDS) \\ \end{tabular} & 2010–2019 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 1: Selected species occurrence records and their providers.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c} \hline \hline
**Satellite** & **Camera Modes** & **Spatial Resolution** & **Date of** \\
**Name** & **Camera** & **and Bands** & **Acquisition** & **Sites Covered** \\ \hline \hline \multirow{8}{*}{DMC3} & & & 6 May 2016 & Site 2 and 3 \\ \cline{3-4}  & & & 12 August 2016 & Site 1 \\ \cline{3-4}  & & & 6 May 2018 & Site 2 and 3 \\ \cline{3-4}  & MS and PAN & \begin{tabular}{c} MS = 4 m (blue, \\ green, red, NIR) \\ PAN = 1 m \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} _MS_ = 4 m (blue, \\ green, red, NIR) \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} _MS_ = 4 m (blue, \\ green = 0.5 m \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} \(S\) 4 m (blue, \\ red, NIR) \\ \end{tabular} \\ \cline{3-4}  & & & 15 July 2018 & Site 1 \\ \hline Komsat-3 & MS and PAN & \
\begin{tabular}{c} MS = 2.8 m (blue, \\ green, red, NIR) \\ \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} _20 April 2018_ \\ \end{tabular} & Site 1 \\ \cline{3-4}  & & & 6 May 2020 & Site 2 and 3 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 2: VHR satellite data characteristics.