Forest Evaluation Method Using Integrated SI Models

• Main Authors: Hideyuki Ito, Kiichiro Hayashi
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Habitat Evaluation Procedure; Suitability Index Model; Forest Ecosystem; Satoyama; Accipiter gentilis
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.564.7856; http://www.iaia.org/conferences/iaia14/IAIA14-final-papers/Hayashi, Kiichiro. Forest evaluation method using integrated SI models.pdf

Abstract: In recent years, a variety of suitability index (SI) models for endangered species have been developed in Japan. These models have been used to assess Satoyama, and to construct a biodiversity potential map that shows the suitable habitat areas for individual endangered species. However, few studies have developed a forest evaluation method that combines multiple SI models. In the present study, we developed a forest evaluation method, by combining integrated SI models for Luciola parvula, Apodemus speciosus, and Accipiter gentilis. We subsequently applied these SI models as a