Modelling seasonal habitat suitability for wide-ranging species: Invasive wild pigs in northern Australia.

ABSTRACT: Invasive wildlife often causes serious damage to the economy and agriculture as well as environmental, human and animal health. Habitat models can fill knowledge gaps about species distributions and assist planning to mitigate impacts. Yet, model accuracy and utility may be compromised by small study areas and limited integration of species ecology or temporal variability. Here we modelled seasonal habitat suitability for wild pigs, a widespread and harmful invader, in northern Australia. We developed a resource-based, spatially-explicit and regional-scale approach using Bayesian networks and spatial pattern suitability analysis. We integrated important ecological factors such as variability in environmental conditions, breeding requirements and home range movements. The habitat model was

SUBMITTER: Froese JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5417638 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature