Peripheral Population Status and Habitat Suitability Assessment of the Kiang (Equus kiang) on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Current Status of the Kiang Population
2.2.1. Field Data Collection and Processing
2.2.2. Estimation of Kiang Population Size
2.2.3. Analysis of Kiang Population Aggregation Characteristics
2.3. Habitat Evaluation of Kiang
2.3.1. Species Occurrence Points
2.3.2. Acquisition and Processing of Environmental Factors
2.3.3. Model Optimization and Construction
3. Results
3.1. Current Status of the Kiang Population
3.1.1. Aggregation Characteristics of the Kiang Population
3.1.2. Kiang Population Size
3.2. Habitat Suitability Evaluation for Kiangs
3.2.1. Distribution of Suitable Habitats for Kiangs
3.2.2. Factors Influencing Habitat Suitability
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model Type | AIC | ΔAIC | |
---|---|---|---|
Key | Adjustment | ||
Hazard rate | Cosine | 1321.202 | 0 |
Hazard rate | Hermite Polynomial | 1322.111 | 0.909 |
Hazard rate | Simple Polynomial | 1322.111 | 0.909 |
Half-Normal | Cosine | 1326.834 | 5.632 |
Uniform | Cosine | 1329.236 | 8.034 |
Half-Normal | Simple Polynomial | 1361.466 | 40.264 |
Uniform | Simple Polynomial | 1365.620 | 44.418 |
Half-Normal | Hermite Polynomial | 1366.942 | 45.740 |
Uniform | Hermite Polynomial | 1381.432 | 60.230 |
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Yang, S.; Yang, Y.; Feng, B.; Hu, L.; Dong, X.; Dong, H.; Bai, W. Peripheral Population Status and Habitat Suitability Assessment of the Kiang (Equus kiang) on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Animals 2024, 14, 2840. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192840
Yang S, Yang Y, Feng B, Hu L, Dong X, Dong H, Bai W. Peripheral Population Status and Habitat Suitability Assessment of the Kiang (Equus kiang) on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Animals. 2024; 14(19):2840. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192840
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Shuai, Yi Yang, Bin Feng, Lu Hu, Xin Dong, Huiqin Dong, and Wenke Bai. 2024. "Peripheral Population Status and Habitat Suitability Assessment of the Kiang (Equus kiang) on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau" Animals 14, no. 19: 2840. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192840
APA StyleYang, S., Yang, Y., Feng, B., Hu, L., Dong, X., Dong, H., & Bai, W. (2024). Peripheral Population Status and Habitat Suitability Assessment of the Kiang (Equus kiang) on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Animals, 14(19), 2840. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192840