scholarly journals Data sharing among protected areas shows advantages in habitat suitability modelling performance

2021 ◽  
pp. NULL
Author(s):  
Mattia Falaschi ◽  
Stefano Scali ◽  
Roberto Sacchi ◽  
Marco Mangiacotti
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Habitat Suitability Modelling

scholarly journals Lowland tapir distribution and habitat loss in South America

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Passos Cordeiro ◽  
José MV Fragoso ◽  
Danielle Crawshaw ◽  
Luiz Flamarion B Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Habitat Loss ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Potential Habitat ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Suitability Maps ◽  
Complex Relationships

The development of species distribution models (SDMs) can help conservation efforts by generating potential distributions and identifying areas of high environmental suitability for protection. Our study presents a rigorously derived distribution and habitat map for lowland tapir in South America. We also describe the potential habitat suitability of various geographical regions and habitat loss, inside and outside of protected areas network. Two different SDM approaches, MAXENT and ENFA, produced relative different Habitat Suitability Maps for the lowland tapir. While MAXENT was efficient at identifying areas as suitable or unsuitable, it was less efficient (when compared to the results by ENFA) at identifying the gradient of habitat suitability. MAXENT is a more multifaceted technique that establishes more complex relationships between dependent and independent variables. Our results demonstrate that for at least one species, the lowland tapir, the use of a simple consensual approach (average of ENFA and MAXENT models outputs) better reflected its current distribution patterns. The Brazilian ecoregions have the highest habitat loss for the tapir. Cerrado and Atlantic Forest account for nearly half (48.19%) of the total area lost. The Amazon region contains the largest area under protection, and the most extensive remaining habitat for the tapir, but also showed high levels of habitat loss outside protected areas, which increases the importance of support for proper management.

scholarly journals Habitat Suitability Modelling of Endangered Kashmir Grey Langur (Semnopithecus ajax) in North Kashmir, India

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaffar Rais Mir ◽  
Junid Nazeer Shah ◽  
Riyaz Ahmad ◽  
Khursheed Ahmad ◽  
Athar Noor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Habitat Suitability Modelling

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation

2019 ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Peeyush Gupta ◽  
Swati Goyal
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Habitat Alterations ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Management Recommendations

Before an individual can evaluate wildlife habitat and make management recommendations, some basic concepts about habitat and its relationships to different wildlife species should be understood. In this chapter, some of the basic concepts will be described; mainly analyzing of habitat alterations, landscape analysis, networking and creation of corridor between protected areas, wildlife habitat suitability analysis using Remote Sensing & GIS. Since most of the contest will be based on these concepts. Like other natural resource fields, wildlife management is both an art and science that deals with complex interactions in the environment. This means that management includes art or judgment based on experience as well as sound factual information based on scientific studies.

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation

2017 ◽  
pp. 258-264
Author(s):  
Peeyush Gupta ◽  
Swati Goyal
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Habitat Alterations ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Management Recommendations

Before an individual can evaluate wildlife habitat and make management recommendations, some basic concepts about habitat and its relationships to different wildlife species should be understood. In this chapter, some of the basic concepts will be described; mainly analyzing of habitat alterations, landscape analysis, networking and creation of corridor between protected areas, wildlife habitat suitability analysis using Remote Sensing & GIS. Since most of the contest will be based on these concepts. Like other natural resource fields, wildlife management is both an art and science that deals with complex interactions in the environment. This means that management includes art or judgment based on experience as well as sound factual information based on scientific studies.

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