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标题：Modeling Focal-Species Habitat Suitability for Biodiversity Conservation Planning in the Southeastern Iran
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作者：Shafiezadeh, M. ; Moradi, H. ; Fakheran, S. 等
期刊名称：Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology
印刷版ISSN：2476-3128
电子版ISSN：2476-3217
出版年度：2018
卷号：7
期号：3
页码：51-66
出版社：Isfahan University of Technology
摘要：Habitat suitability models for the focal species are used to address the concerns related to the limited availability of data for remote habitats by scrutinizing the relationship between the biodiversity distribution patterns and the natural-anthropogenic characteristics. The current study aimed at modeling habitat suitability for seven focal species including Asian black bear, Persian leopard, Persian ibex, Wild sheep, Chinkara, Asian houbara and Mugger in the southeastern Iran, by relying on Generalized Linear Model (GLM), Generalized Boosted Model (GBM), Random Forest (RF), and Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) models and using 10 physical, anthropogenical and land cover variables. Next, habitat suitability maps were overlaid with sensitive coastal habitats to delineate a final habitat suitability map. Based on our results, more than 34% of the region were identified as sensitive habitats which were mostly located along the coastline. These habitats demonstrated less than 15 percent spatial overlap with the current protected area network of the region. Moreover, a suitable connecting corridor extended in the east-west was identified, but it was neglected due to having lower suitability values in comparison to the central habitats and the focus of conservation objectives on the core habitat.
关键词：Species distribution modeling ; biodiversity hotspot ; Habitat suitability ; Focal species.