Habitat Suitability and Landscape Structure: A Maximum Entropy Approach in a Mediterranean Area

Valerio Amici, Britta Eggers, Francesco Geri and Corrado Battisti

Landscape Research, 2015, vol. 40, issue 2, 208-225

Abstract: Species distribution models have recently become important tools in ecological research. Prediction of suitable habitats for threatened and endangered species is essential for the conservation and management of their native habitats. A landscape scale approach is relevant for biodiversity conservation since landscape planning and management are generally conducted at wide spatial scales, focusing on areas with complex landscape configuration as a consequence of human activities. The aims of this study were to test a maximum entropy approach (Maxent) to the development of a niche-based model for species of conservation interest and to relate this model to landscape structure metrics. The results obtained here showed a good predictive power of Maxent for the three target species and highlighted the importance of landscape structure analysis for the detection of patterns of habitat suitability. Moreover, this work stressed that combining classical environmental information with landscape structure in analysing habitat suitability for species of conservation interest may be used to guide conservation efforts and landscape management practices .

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2013.774329

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