Habitat suitability model for identifying human-wildlife interface and implications for wildlife trade of Sunda pangolin in Borneo.

ABSTRACT: Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals in the world. Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica), in particular, are critically endangered due to their proximity to consumption hotspots and the scale of the globalized illegal trade network. Data on their ecological drivers can inform targeted strategies to cauterize supply lines. We used data from 1455 camera-stations deployed between 2008 and 2024 across a heterogeneous mix of landscapes in Sabah, northern Borneo, to model the geomorphological and anthropogenic drivers of Sunda pangolin distribution. Our most parsimonious logistic regression model included six variables: accessibility to human population (β = 0.597, p = 0.004), soil cation exchange capacity (β = -0.665, p = 0.003), soil clay content (β = -0.311, p = 0.051), soil nitrogen concentr

SUBMITTER: Gomez CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12783250 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature