RT Journal Article
T1 Modelling Favourability for Invasive Species Encroachment to Identify Areas of Native Species Vulnerability
A1 Romero-Pacheco, David
A1 Báez, José C.
A1 Ferri-Yáñez, Francisco
A1 Bellido, Jesús J.
A1 Real, Raimundo
A2 Garcia-Gonzalez, F.
A2 Robins, A.
A2 Surmacki, A.
K1 Tortugas - Mediterráneo
K1 Animales en vías de extinción
AB We assessed the vulnerability of the native Mediterranean pond turtle to encroachment by the invasive red-eared slider in southern Spain. We first obtained an ecogeographical favourability model for the Mediterranean pond turtle. We then modelledthe presence/absence of the red-eared slider in the Mediterranean pond turtle range and obtained an encroachment favourabilitymodel.We also obtained a favourabilitymodel for the red-eared slider using the ecogeographical favourability for theMediterraneanpond turtle as a predictor. When favourability for the Mediterranean pond turtle was high, favourability for the red-eared sliderwas low, suggesting that in these areas the Mediterranean pond turtle may resist encroachment by the red-eared slider. We alsocalculated favourability overlap between the two species, which is their simultaneous favourability. Grids with low overlap hadhigher favourability values for the Mediterranean pond turtle and, consequently, were of lesser conservation concern. A few gridshad high values for both species, being potentially suitable for coexistence.Grids with intermediate overlap had similar intermediate favourability values for both species and were therefore areas where the Mediterranean pond turtle was more vulnerable to encroachment by the red-eared slider.We mapped the favourability overlap to provide amap of vulnerability of theMediterranean pond turtle to encroachment by the red-eared slider.
PB Hindawi Publishing Corporation
YR 2014
FD 2014-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33739
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33739
LA eng
NO Romero, D., Báez, J. C., Ferri-Yáñez, F., Bellido, J. J., & Real, R. (2014). Modelling favourability for invasive species encroachment to identify areas of native species vulnerability. The Scientific World Journal, 2014, Article ID 519710, 9 pages.doi.org/10.1155/2014/519710
NO David Romero was supported by a Grant from the Ministerio de Educación: AP2007-03633. This study was supported by the project CGL2009-11316 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain, andFEDER).
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