Predictor variables in competency to stand trial decisions.

This research aims at analyzing (1) the effect of vendor’s ability, benevolence, and integrity variables toward e-commerce customers’ trust in UBM; (2) the effect of vendor’s ability, benevolence, and integrity variables toward the level of e-commerce customers’ participation in Indonesia; and (3) the effect of trust variable toward level of e-commerce customers participation in UBM. This research makes use of UBM e-commerce users as research samples while using Likert scale questionnaire for data collection. Furthermore, the questionnaires are sent to as many as 200 respondents. For data analysis method, Structural Equation Model was used. Out of three predictor variables (ability, benevolence, and integrity), it is only vendor’s integrity that has a positive and significant effect on customers’ trust. On the other hand, it is only vendor’s integrity and customer’s trust that have a positive and significant effect on e-commerce customers’ participation in UBM. Keywords: e-commerce customers’ participation, ability, benevolence, integrity

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Natural Protected Areas as Providers of Ecological Connectivity in the Landscape: The Case of the Iberian Lynx

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13010041 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 41

Author(s):

Iván Barbero-Bermejo ◽

Gabriela Crespo-Luengo ◽

Ricardo Enrique Hernández-Lambraño ◽

David Rodríguez de la Cruz ◽

José Ángel Sánchez-Agudo

Keyword(s):

Predictor Variables ◽

Land Uses ◽

Vegetation Types ◽

Iberian Lynx ◽

Natural Protected Areas ◽

Ecological Connectivity ◽

Historical Distribution ◽

Gis Environment ◽

Conservation Plans

The design of conservation plans for the improvement of habitats of threatened species constitutes one of the most plausible possibilities of intervention in the structure and composition of the landscape of a large territory. In this work we focus on the Iberian lynx in order to establish potential ecological corridors using ecoinformatic tools from the GIS environment to improve connectivity between the existing natural spaces within the scope of its historical distribution. We processed 669 records of the presence of the lynx and six predictor variables linked to the habitat of the species. With this, corridors have been generated between natural areas. The determination of possible bottlenecks or dangerous areas (e.g., hitches on highways) allows for focusing efforts on their conservation. This type of approach seeks to improve efficiency in the design of measures aimed at expanding the territory’s capacity to host its populations, improving both its viability and that of all the other species that are linked to it. The proposals for action on the specific areas defined by the models elaborated in this work would imply interventions on the land uses and existing vegetation types in order to improve connectivity throughout the territory and increase the resilience of its ecosystems.

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