A frequency distribution approach to hotspot identification

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_FD0E5811F3CE
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Lettre (letter): communication adressée à l'éditeur.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
A frequency distribution approach to hotspot identification
Périodique
Population Ecology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Bartolino V., Maiorano L., Colloca F.
ISSN
1438-3896
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
53
Numéro
2
Pages
351-359
Langue
anglais
Résumé
We present a new global method for the identification of hotspots in conservation and ecology. The method is based on the identification of spatial structure properties through cumulative relative frequency distributions curves, and is tested with two case studies, the identification of fish density hotspots and terrestrial vertebrate species diversity hotspots. Results from the frequency distribution method are compared with those from standard techniques among local, partially local and global methods. Our approach offers the main advantage to be independent from the selection of any threshold, neighborhood, or other parameter that affect most of the currently available methods for hotspot analysis. The two case studies show how such elements of arbitrariness of the traditional methods influence both size and location of the identified hotspots, and how this new global method can be used for a more objective selection of hotspots.
Mots-clé
Cumulative frequency distribution, Density, Diversity, Spatial clustering, Tangent
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