Potential distribution patterns and species richness of avifauna in rapidly urbanizing East China.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, increased species extinction and habitat loss have significantly reduced biodiversity, posing a serious threat to both nature and human survival. Environmental factors strongly influence bird distribution and diversity. The potential distribution patterns and species richness offer a conservation modeling framework for policymakers to assess the effectiveness of natural protected areas (PAs) and optimize their existing ones. Very few such studies have been published that cover a large and complete taxonomic group with fine resolution at regional scale. Here, using birds as a study group, the maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) was used to analyze the pattern of bird species richness in Jiangsu Province. Using an unparalleled amount of occurrence data, we created species distrib

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11183928 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature