Combining occurrence and abundance distribution models for the conservation of the Great Bustard.

ABSTRACT: Species distribution models (SDMs) have become important and essential tools in conservation and management. However, SDMs built with count data, referred to as species abundance models (SAMs), are still less commonly used to date, but increasingly receiving attention. Species occurrence and abundance do not frequently display similar patterns, and often they are not even well correlated. Therefore, only using information based on SDMs or SAMs leads to an insufficient or misleading conservation efforts. How to combine information from SDMs and SAMs and how to apply the combined information to achieve unified conservation remains a challenge. In this study, we introduce and propose a priority protection index (PI). The PI combines the prediction results of the occurrence and abundance model

SUBMITTER: Mi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732545 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature