this study was conducted in dez and karkheh regions in southwestern iran to model habitatsuitability of the persian fallow deer dama dama mesopotamicus and assessing trend of habitat changes since1989. a total of 22 confirmed presence records of the species were collected from 1988 to 2003. maxentapproach was used to develop habitat suitability model with regards to nine environmental variables...

Citation: Puckett BJ, Theuerkauf SJ, Eggleston DB, Guajardo R, Hardy C, Gao J and Luettich RA (2018) Integrating Larval Dispersal, Permitting, and Logistical Factors Within a Validated Habitat Suitability Index for Oyster Restoration. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:76. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00076 Integrating Larval Dispersal, Permitting, and Logistical Factors Within a Validated Habitat Suitability Index...

Multi-scale resource selection modeling is used to identify factors that limit species distributions across scales of space and time. This multi-scale nature of habitat suitability complicates the translation of inferences to single, spatial depictions of habitat required for conservation of species. We estimated resource selection functions (RSFs) across three scales for a threatened ungulate,...

Habitat suitability models are useful to understand species distribution and to guide management and conservation strategies. The grey wolf (Canis lupus) has been extirpated from most of its historic range in Pakistan primarily due to its impact on livestock and livelihoods. We used non-invasive survey data from camera traps and genetic sampling to develop a habitat suitability model for C. lup...

BACKGROUND Understanding constraints to the distribution of threatened species may help to ascertain whether there are other suitable sectors for reducing the risks associated with species that are recorded in only one protected locality, and to inform about the suitability of other areas for reintroduction or translocation programs. METHODS We studied the Gran Canaria blue chaffinch (Fringil...

A mosaic of intact native and human-modified vegetation use can provide important habitat for top predators such as the puma (Puma concolor), avoiding negative effects on other species and ecological processes due to cascade trophic interactions. This study investigates the effects of restoration scenarios on the puma's habitat suitability in the most developed Brazilian region (São Paulo State...

Regional scale habitat suitability models provide finer scale resolution and more focused predictions of where organisms may occur. Previous modelling approaches have focused primarily on local and/or global scales, while regional scale models have been relatively few. In this study, regional scale predictive habitat models are presented for deep-sea corals for the U.S. West Coast (California, ...

up to now, there is no habitat suitability index model for common otter in iran. this species is an index species for clean ecosystems and consequently, an important animal. model prepared, considering dependent variables to show vital needs for this animal in the shenrood river located in the deylaman-dorfak prohibited hunting area in iran. hep method was applied and important factors were sel...