the aim of this study was to develop a methodology to identify suitable habitat of the eurasian nuthatch (sitta europea) at kheyrood forest, northern alborz, iran. this study was carried out during spring to summer 2008. with attention to the area and topographic condition of kheyrood forest, patom, namkhane, gorazbon, cheler and baharbon were selected as data collecting series. the present stu...

isfahan wild sheep ovis orientalis isphahanica is listed as vulnerable in the iucn red list of threatened species. adequate knowledge on habitat requirements and environmental factors determining the niche of a species is central to its conservation programmes. however, there is scarcity of data on habitat associations of this species in iran. a gis-based model, using presence-only data, was us...

Species belonging to the genus Novosphingobium are found in many different habitats and have been identified as metabolically versatile. Through comparative genomic analysis, we identified habitat-specific genes and regulatory hubs that could determine habitat selection for Novosphingobium spp. Genomes from 27 Novosphingobium strains isolated from diverse habitats such as rhizosphere soil, plan...

We investigate the scenario in which some amount of higher quality habitat is destroyed and is then replaced by some undetermined amount of lower quality habitat. We examined how much low-quality habitat would need to be created to maintain the equilibrium population abundance in the entire geographic area. Using a source–sink model, we find that (1) the number of hectares of created habitat pe...

The western sand darter Ammocrypta clara, and eastern sand darter Ammocrypta pellucida, are sand-dwelling fishes of conservation concern. Past research has emphasized the importance of studying individual populations of conservation concern, while recent research has revealed the importance of incorporating landscape scale processes that structure habitat mosaics and local populations. We exami...

The species-area relationship (SAR), i.e. the increase in species number with area, has been repeatedly used to predict species extinction, at both local and global scales, with habitat reduction. He and Hubbell (Nature, 2011; 473, 368e371), however, argued that the function that relates species loss with decreasing habitat area cannot be simply obtained reversing the species-area accumulation ...

I used logistic regression to construct bighorn sheep winter range habitat models for 2 study areas in Glacier National Park (GNP), Montana. During 2 winters, habitat use was described through systematic ground surveys supplemented with focal observations, lasting 1-3 days, of recognizable individual sheep. Available habitat was evaluated using 12 habitat parameters, each measured at a 30-by-30...