Modeling habitat suitability for complex species distributions by environmental-distance geometric mean

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serval:BIB_5ABDF46B9B4D
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Modeling habitat suitability for complex species distributions by environmental-distance geometric mean
Périodique
Environ Manage
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Hirzel  A. H., Arlettaz  R.
ISSN
0364-152X
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
11/2003
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
32
Numéro
5
Pages
614-23
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Nov
Résumé
This paper presents a new habitat suitability modeling method whose main properties are as follows: (1) It is based on the density of observation points in the environmental space, which enables it to fit complex distributions (e.g. nongaussian, bimodal, asymmetrical, etc.). (2) This density is modeled by computing the geometric mean to all observation points, which we show to be a good trade-off between goodness of fit and prediction power. (3) It does not need any absence information, which is generally difficult to collect and of dubious reliability. (4) The environmental space is represented either by an expert-selection of standardized variables or the axes of a factor analysis [in this paper we used the Ecological Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA)].We first explain the details of the geometric mean algorithm and then we apply it to the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) habitat in the Swiss Alps. The results are compared to those obtained by the "median algorithm" and tested by jack-knife cross-validation. We also discuss other related algorithms (BIOCLIM, HABITAT, and DOMAIN). All these analyses were implemented into and performed with the ecology-oriented GIS software BIOMAPPER 2.0.The results show the geometric mean to perform better than the median algorithm, as it produces a tighter fit to the bimodal distribution of the bearded vulture in the environmental space. However, the "median algorithm" being quicker, it could be preferred when modeling more usual distribution.
Mots-clé
Algorithms Animals *Conservation of Natural Resources *Ecosystem Environment Factor Analysis, Statistical *Geographic Information Systems *Models, Theoretical Population Dynamics Raptors Software
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Web of science
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