Using Ecosystem Service Modeler (ESM) for Ecological Quality, rarity and Risk Assessment of the wild goat habitat, in the Haftad-Gholleh protected area
作者机构:Department of Environmental SciencesFaculty of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesArak UniversityArak38156-8-8349Iran College of Natural and Applied SciencesUniversity of GuamMangilaoGuam96923USA
出 版 物:《International Soil and Water Conservation Research》 (国际水土保持研究(英文))
年 卷 期:2019年第7卷第4期
页 面:346-353页
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学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071002[理学-动物学]
主 题:Haftad-gholleh Wild goat (Capra aegagrus) Wildlife disease Habitat quality and rarity Habitat risk assessment
摘 要:In recent years,the destruction of habitats has reduced the wild goat population in the Haftad-Gholleh protected *** wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is known as symbol of biodiversity of Markazi *** a field study conducted between 2007 and 2017,the number of wild goats were surveyed and threat to their habitat were determined as the population and the ecological conditions as well as their movements in the Haftad-Gholleh were *** image of year 2018 was used to produce digital land use maps for this *** Quality,Rarity and Risk Assessment was performed with ESM,HQR and HRA *** images were classified into three classes including;Agriculture-livestock,Rangeland,and Residential *** results indicated that 75% of the casualties of the wild goat by Peste des Petits Ruminants disease were from the Chekab Valley and 25% from the Sibak *** 80% of deaths among the population of wild goats were observed in the month of ***,there are two important mountainous and plains habitats in the Haftad-Gholleh *** the biggest threats and more devastating stressors in the region were to villagers,agricultural-livestock and roads ***,among the stressors,the agriculture-livestock caused more deaths in the mountainous habitat of the wild ***,there is an urgent need for habitat conservation of the existing population of the wild goat in Haftad-Gholleh area.