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Title: | Modelling the potential distribution of the Malayan sun bear in Krau wildlife reserve, Malaysia | Contributor(s): | Nazeri, Mona (author); Kumar, Lalit (author) ; Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (author); Bahaman, Abdul (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.01.006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14455 | Abstract: | Information and data on the distribution of wildlife species become important when strategizing the management and conservation of the species. Species distribution models have increasingly been used as a predictive tool in wildlife conservation planning and management. This research assessed the distribution of the sun bear and identified the relevant distribution descriptive variables in the Krau Wildlife Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia using Ecological Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA). Marginality and specialization factors showed that the sun bear habitat is very specific compared to the entire study area and its niche breadth was slightly narrow. Among all the habitat suitability algorithms available in Biomapper software package, median with the extreme optimum algorithm was found to have the best predictive capabilities by means of a continuous Boyce index. Results showed that sun bear can rarely be found in high altitudes, prefers lowland Dipterocarp, and avoids Mountain Ericaceous and Mixed Hill Dipterocarp forests. It also prefers to live nearby rivers, tends to avoid villages and prefers regions with fine silty-clay and loamy textures soils. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Ecological Informatics, v.20, p. 27-32 | Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1878-0512 1574-9541 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity 090903 Geospatial Information Systems 050104 Landscape Ecology |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410401 Conservation and biodiversity 401302 Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling 410206 Landscape ecology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960604 Environmental Management Systems 960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales 960810 Mountain and High Country Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 189999 Other environmental management not elsewhere classified 180403 Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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