Introduction
Methods
Study area
Radio-tracking
Home range estimation
Species distribution model
Variable description | Platform | Year | Resolution | Sources |
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Tree cover | Landsat 7 + ETM | 2000 | 30 m | Hansen et al. (2013) |
Canopy closure (%) for all vegetation taller than 5 m in height | ||||
Tree height | ICESat | 2005 | 1 km | Simard et al. (2011) |
Highest points (m) in the forest canopy | ||||
Vegetation type | – | – | – | Kelsey and Langton (1984) |
Classification of vegetation cover constructed from floristic studies | ||||
Vegetation Indices | MODIS | 2018 | 250 m | Didan et al. (2015) |
Enhanced Vegetation Index EVI | ||||
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI | ||||
Surface reflectance | MODIS | 2018 | 250 m | Didan et al. (2015) |
Near Infra-Red (NIR) | ||||
Mid Infra-Red (MIR) | ||||
Blue |
Results
Species individual ID | A01 | A03 | A04 | A05 | A06 | A07 | B01 | B02 | B03 | B04 | Mean ± SE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tracking period (days) | 25 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 23.5 ± 1.0 |
Start | 23 Jun 2016 | 30 Jun 2016 | 30 Jun 2016 | 19 Jul 2016 | 19 Jul 2016 | 19 Jul 2016 | 15 Jul 2017 | 15 Jul 2017 | 19 Jul 2017 | 25 Jul 2017 | |
End | 21 Jul 2016 | 28 Jul 2016 | 28 Jul 2016 | 15 Aug 2016 | 15 Aug 2016 | 15 Aug 2016 | 19 Aug 2017 | 19 Aug 2017 | 17 Aug 2017 | 17 Aug 2017 | |
Number of relocations | 298 | 300 | 300 | 198 | 221 | 222 | 215 | 238 | 231 | 197 | 242.0 ± 13.1 |
MCP95 (ha) | 19.2 | 26.2 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 6.2 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 12.1 | 19.5 | 14.2 ± 1.9 |
MCP50 (ha) | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 ± 0.3 |
AKDE95 (ha) | 25.6 | 31.6 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 7.8 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 13.1 | 19.8 | 24.9 | 18.9 ± 2.2 |
AKDE50 (ha) | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.5 ± 0.3 |
Model evaluation | MCP95 | AKDE95 | AKDE50 |
---|---|---|---|
Training AUC | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.87 |
Test AUC | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
Variable contribution | |||
Canopy Cover | 8.67 | 6.918 | 6.03 |
Vegetation Type | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
EVI | 14.90 | 17.53 | 10.67 |
MIR | 12.31 | 10.98 | 8.42 |
NDVI | 9.14 | 9.35 | 16.74 |
NIR | 13.31 | 11.80 | 11.35 |
Blue | 5.99 | 6.28 | 6.30 |
Tree Height | 35.55 | 37.05 | 40.48 |
AUC without… | |||
Canopy Cover | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
Vegetation Type | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
EVI | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.85 |
MIR | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
NDVI | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
NIR | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
Blue | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
Tree Height | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.82 |
AUC with only… | |||
Canopy Cover | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.59 |
Vegetation Type | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
EVI | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.69 |
MIR | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.62 |
NDVI | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.78 |
NIR | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.74 |
Blue | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.67 |
Tree Height | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.75 |
Threshold | |||
10% training presence logistic threshold | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.40 |