Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran

Habitat assessment of species is one of the most important strategies to conserve biodiversity in the protected areas. The main objective of this study is to present an ecological assessment model for habitat management of brown bears using the MaxEnt algorithm in Oshtorankooh protected area, Lorest...

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Autores principales:	Masumeh Ahmadipari, Ahmadreza Yavari, Morteza Ghobadi
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Ecological modeling Jackknife test Habitat suitability Maximum entropy algorithm Oshtorankooh protected area Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:00b9589235c441a2a868816d4dde2f8c2021-12-01T04:49:18ZEcological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107606https://doaj.org/article/00b9589235c441a2a868816d4dde2f8c2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21002715https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XHabitat assessment of species is one of the most important strategies to conserve biodiversity in the protected areas. The main objective of this study is to present an ecological assessment model for habitat management of brown bears using the MaxEnt algorithm in Oshtorankooh protected area, Lorestan. 55 presence points of brown bear and seven environmental variables including slope, elevation, distance from river, distance from road, distance from forest and grassland, distance from cropland and vegetation, and distance from rural area were applied for habitat assessment process. The importance of these variables was investigated by the Jaknikfe test and their predictive rate was assessed by response curves. The distance from the rural area and elevation were respectively the most important factors for modeling the distribution of brown bears in Oshtorankooh protected area. The final suitability map of habitat for brown bear species was classified into four categories: more suitable, suitable, less suitable and unsuitable. An area of 22566.7 ha was determined as a more suitable habitat for brown bears in the study area. The result indicates that the southern and central areas of the study area are more suitable for the species. The result of the model validity was obtained as 0.92, showing that the integrated model was very efficient in the habitat assessment process.Masumeh AhmadipariAhmadreza YavariMorteza GhobadiElsevierarticleEcological modelingJackknife testHabitat suitabilityMaximum entropy algorithmOshtorankooh protected areaEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 126, Iss , Pp 107606- (2021)
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topic	Ecological modeling Jackknife test Habitat suitability Maximum entropy algorithm Oshtorankooh protected area Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Ecological modeling Jackknife test Habitat suitability Maximum entropy algorithm Oshtorankooh protected area Ecology QH540-549.5 Masumeh Ahmadipari Ahmadreza Yavari Morteza Ghobadi Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran
description	Habitat assessment of species is one of the most important strategies to conserve biodiversity in the protected areas. The main objective of this study is to present an ecological assessment model for habitat management of brown bears using the MaxEnt algorithm in Oshtorankooh protected area, Lorestan. 55 presence points of brown bear and seven environmental variables including slope, elevation, distance from river, distance from road, distance from forest and grassland, distance from cropland and vegetation, and distance from rural area were applied for habitat assessment process. The importance of these variables was investigated by the Jaknikfe test and their predictive rate was assessed by response curves. The distance from the rural area and elevation were respectively the most important factors for modeling the distribution of brown bears in Oshtorankooh protected area. The final suitability map of habitat for brown bear species was classified into four categories: more suitable, suitable, less suitable and unsuitable. An area of 22566.7 ha was determined as a more suitable habitat for brown bears in the study area. The result indicates that the southern and central areas of the study area are more suitable for the species. The result of the model validity was obtained as 0.92, showing that the integrated model was very efficient in the habitat assessment process.
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author	Masumeh Ahmadipari Ahmadreza Yavari Morteza Ghobadi
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title	Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran
title_short	Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran
title_full	Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran
title_fullStr	Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran
title_sort	ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the oshtorankooh protected area, iran
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
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Ecological monitoring and assessment of habitat suitability for brown bear species in the Oshtorankooh protected area, Iran

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