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Habitat suitability model with maximum entropy approach for European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Black Sea Region       
Yazarlar
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Özkan EVCİN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ömer KÜÇÜK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Emre AKTÜRK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Evaluating the relationships between wildlife species and their habitats helps to predict effects of habitat change for present and future management of wild animal populations. Building ecological models are good ways to understand and manage wildlife populations and to predict various environmental scenarios. Recently, management of ungulates is becoming more important in Europe due to a high demand of hunting and their role in biodiversity. European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) is the smallest species of cervids and has a widespread distribution in Turkey. In this study, two habitat suitability models of roe deers, living in the Black Sea Region in Turkey, were created by using a maximum entropy (MaxEnt) approach. Two wildlife development areas, which have widely different habitat types, were selected as study sites. As a result of this study, area under the curve (AUC) values were found to be above 0.80. According to the modeling results, in two different habitat types, ecological variables are quite similar in general. This study is the first study on modeling European roe deers in Turkey.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ecological modeling | MaxEnt | Roe deer | Ruminants | Wildlife management
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Dergi ISSN 0167-6369
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2019
Cilt No 191
Sayı 11
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s10661-019-7853-x
Makale Linki http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10661-019-7853-x