Modelling the potential distribution of the Malayan sun bear in Krau wildlife reserve, Malaysia

Title
Modelling the potential distribution of the Malayan sun bear in Krau wildlife reserve, Malaysia
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Nazeri, Mona
Kumar, Lalit
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-756X
Email: lkumar@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lkumar
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Bahaman, Abdul
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Place of publication
Netherlands
DOI
10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.01.006
UNE publication id
une:14670
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.
Link
Citation
Ecological Informatics, v.20, p. 27-32
ISSN
1878-0512
1574-9541
Start page
27
End page
32

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