Accounting for geographic variation in species‐habitat associations during habitat suitability modeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houston C. Chandler ◽  
Christopher L. Jenkins ◽  
Javan M. Bauder
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Habitat Suitability Modeling

scholarly journals Prediction of leopard habitat suitability in Taman Negara main forest complex, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3(SI)) ◽  
pp. 806-811
Author(s):  
N.F. Khodri ◽  
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T. Lihan ◽  
M.A. Mustapha ◽  
T.M. Taher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Urban Habitat ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Habitat Suitability Modeling ◽  
Presence Data ◽  
Gis Data

Aim: This research assessed the distribution of leopard to predict the habitat suitability in Taman Negara National Park and adjacent forest area. Methodology: Environmental factors for habitat suitability were derived from geographical information system (GIS) data such as elevation, slope, land-use, distance from urban and distance from river. Leopard presence data from 1993 to 2008 were integrated with the environmental parameters using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modeling to assess habitat suitability across the study area. Results: The results showed that distance from river contributed the most (39.3%) in the habitat suitability modeling followed by distance from urban (31.4%), elevation (12.3%), land use types (10.1%), and slope (6.9%). Distance from river and urban showed highest contribution that influenced leopard distribution in which most suitable habitat occurred in proximity with river and further from urban. Habitat suitability of leopard were distributed among 48% over 2,218,389 ha of the study area. Interpretation: The findings of this study provides knowledge on how the species move and exploit different habitat niches for more effective conservation management. It provide models for future wildlife conservation and urban planning.

Other Techniques Related to Habitat Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 193-208
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Veech
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Resource Selection ◽  
Compositional Data ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Compositional Data Analysis ◽  
Habitat Suitability Modeling ◽  
Species Response ◽  
Habitat Analysis ◽  
Active Choice

Habitat analysis is strictly defined as a statistical examination to identify the environmental variables that a species associates with, wherein association is taken as some form of correspondence between a species response variable (e.g., presence–absence or abundance) and the environmental variables. There are other statistical techniques and empirical goals that extend this basic framework. These techniques often rely on a habitat analysis having been conducted as an initial step. Resource selection functions quantify an individual’s and a species’ use of a resource based upon the properties of the resource. Resource is broadly defined and can include particular types of habitat. Selectivity and preference indices are used to assess an individual’s preference and active choice of different resource types. Compositional data analysis is a statistical method for examining the composition of an individual’s territory or home range with regard to different habitat types that may be represented. Habitat suitability modeling and species distribution modeling are closely related techniques designed to map the spatial distribution of a species’ habitat and sometimes the species itself based upon its habitat requirements and other factors.

Colour Pattern Polymorphism in the Grasshopper Phaulacridium Vittatum. I. Geographic Variation in Victoria and Evidence of Habitat Association.

1984 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Dearn
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Habitat Association ◽  
Latitudinal Cline ◽  
Selective Constraints ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Pattern Polymorphism ◽  
Forest Habitats

The frequencies of the 3 colour pattern morphs (plain, striped and incomplete-striped) in samples of Phaulacridium vittatum (Sjost). from pasture sites in Victoria, Australia, did not conform to the pattern predicted by the latitudinal cline in morph frequencies previously described in south-eastern Australia. Data from 2 transects across pasture-forest boundaries revealed the existence of habitat associations, with forest habitats having a higher frequency of the plain morph. The proximity of some pasture populations to forests may explain some of the variation in morph frequencies observed among pasture sites. However, the frequency of the striped morph was relatively low in all the populations examined; this suggests that there are strong selective constraints on the frequency of striped individuals.

scholarly journals Habitat Suitability Modeling for the Newell's Shearwater on Kauai

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff R. Troy ◽  
Nick D. Holmes ◽  
Joseph A. Veech ◽  
André F. Raine ◽  
M. Clay Green
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Habitat Suitability Modeling
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