Fat Dormouse (Glis glis L.) Distribution Modeling in the Hyrcanian Relict Forests of Northern Iran

• Autorzy: Naderi M. , Kaboli M. , Ahmadi M. , Kryštufek B.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.3161/15052249PJE2016.64.1.013

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The fat dormouse (Glis glis L.) is a small arboreal and extreme habitat specialist mammal that is tightly linked to the deciduous mixed forests dominated by Beech (Fagus orientalis) and oaks (Quercus sp.). Despite its status in Iran as a least concern species, dormice face high risk of extinction in some parts of Europe. The unique life history and large scale distribution of the species in the Palearctic region made it as an ideal model species. This habitat specialist rodent is particularly sensitive to size and connectivity of the forest patches. The fat dormouse shows very deep molecular and morphological divergence in its eastern most parts of its global distribution, in the Hyrcanian refugium of the Northern Iran. Therefore modeling its distributional range can leads to identify biodiversity hotspots and planning conservation activities. The meteorological data, land cover types, topographical variables and geo-referenced points representing geographical locations of the fat dormouse populations (latitude/longitude) in the study area were used as the primary MaxEnt model input data. The predictive accuracy of the Fat Dormouse ecological niche model was significant (training accuracy of 93.3%). This approach successfully identified the areas of the fat dormouse presence across the study area. The result suggests that the maximum entropy modeling approach can be implemented in the next step towards the development of new tools for monitoring the habitat fragmentation and identifying biodiversity hotspots.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

macro habitat variables; maximum entropy; fat dormouse; Hyrcanian refugium; habitat modeling

PL

zmienne wielośrodowiskowe; zmienne makrośrodowiskowe; maksymalna wartość; popielica; rezerwat hyrkański; prezentowanie siedliska

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 64, nr 1
• Strony: 136--142
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 28 poz., mapa, tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Naderi M.

• Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, 38156-8-8349, Arak, Iran

autor

Kaboli M.

• Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

autor

Ahmadi M.

• Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

autor

Kryštufek B.

• Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Department, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.