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Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status assessment using GIS tools: A case study of Iberian Copris species

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dc.contributor.authorChefaoui, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorHortal, Joaquín
dc.contributor.authorLobo, J. M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-14T11:30:23Z
dc.date.available2014-07-14T11:30:23Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2014-07-14T10:20:56Z
dc.description.abstractDung beetle populations, in decline, play a critical ecological role in extensive pasture ecosystems by recycling organic matter; thus the importance of their conservation status. Presence data available for Copris hispanus (L.) and Copris lunaris (L.) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in Comunidad de Madrid (CM), and BIOMAPPER, a GIS-based tool, was used to model their environmental niches. The so derived potential distributions of both species were used to exemplify the utility of this kind of methodologies in conservation assessment, as well as its capacity to describe the potential sympatry between two or more species. Both species, distributed along a Dry-Mediterranean to Wet-Alpine environmental conditions gradient, overlap in areas of moderate temperatures and mean annual precipitations in the north of CM. Copris are poorly conserved in the existing protected sites network, but protection provided by new sites included in the future Natura 2000 Network will improve the general conservation status of these species in CM.por
dc.description.sponsorshipprojects REN2001-1136/GLO (Spanish D.G.I.) and 07M/0080/2002 (Comunidad de Madrid). J.H. was supported by a Ph.D. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales/C.S.I.C./Comunidad de Madrid grant.
dc.identifier.citationChefaoui, R.M.; Hortal, J.; Lobo, J.M.Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status assessment using GIS tools: A case study of Iberian Copris species, Biological Conservation, 122, 2, 327-338, 2005.por
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.biocon.2004.08.005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4770
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.subjectCaprispor
dc.subjectIberian Peninsulapor
dc.subjectDung beetle conservationpor
dc.subjectGIS predictive niche-modellingpor
dc.titlePotential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status assessment using GIS tools: A case study of Iberian Copris speciespor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage338por
oaire.citation.startPage327por
oaire.citation.titleBiological Conservationpor
oaire.citation.volume122por
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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