Predicting the potential distribution of white-lipped deer using the MaxEnt model

doi:10.17520/biods.2017080

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Species distribution is critical for developing effective conservation measures. The potential geographic distribution of the white-lipped deer (Przewalskium albirostris), which is endemic to the Qinghai- Tibetan Plateau, was delineated using the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model with 97 occurrence records and 7 environmental variables. The species occurrences were collected from literature and field investigations. Our results showed that the potential range of the white-lipped deer included the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the potential habitat spread from one core region to neighboring regions among Tibet, Qinghai, and Sichuan provinces. The Jackknife test indicated that the topographic variable, temperature seasonality, and annual precipitation were the most important predictive factors for the model, while the human activity variable made a relatively small contribution. The current distribution and status of the white-lipped deer on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is unclear and we suggest further research is needed on the species.

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Key words: MaxEnt, white-lipped deer, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, potential distribution

Shaopeng Cui, Xiao Luo, Chunwang Li, Huijian Hu, Zhigang Jiang. Predicting the potential distribution of white-lipped deer using the MaxEnt model[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2018, 26(2): 171-176.

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Table 1 Environmental variables used to model the potential range of the white-lipped deer

编码 Code	描述 Description	来源 Source
Bio4	气温季节变化 Temperature seasonality	WorldClim database Version 1.4
Bio12	年降水量 Annual precipitation	WorldClim database Version 1.4
NDVI_Summer	夏季归一化植被指数 Normalized difference vegetation index in summer	Chinese Natural Resources Database
Altitude	海拔 Altitude	USGS’s Hydro-1K dataset
Slope	坡度 Slope	USGS’s Hydro-1K dataset
HFI	人类足迹指数 Human footprint influence	Last of the Wild Data Version 2
Stocking rate	放牧强度 Stocking rate	Food and Agriculture Organization

Fig. 1 The Jackknife test for evaluating the relative importance of environmental variables in the development of the MaxEnt model. The blue bar shows the “total gain” achieved with the given predictor only. The green bar shows the “total gain” resulting from inclusion of all predictors except the given predictor. The bottom red bar shows the gain with all variables. For variable meanings, see Table 1.

Fig. 2 The potential distribution of white-lipped deer (Przewalskium albirostris) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

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