Shaken but not stirred: Multiscale habitat suitability modeling of sympatric marten species (Martes martes and Martes foina) in the northern Iberian Peninsula

Maria Vergara; Samuel A. Cushman; Fermin Urra; Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez

doi:10.1007/s10980-015-0307-0

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Shaken but not stirred: Multiscale habitat suitability modeling of sympatric marten species (Martes martes and Martes foina) in the northern Iberian Peninsula

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Authors:

Maria Vergara, Samuel A. Cushman, Fermin Urra, Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez

Year:

2016

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0307-0

Source:

Landscape Ecology. 31:1241-1260.

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Abstract

Multispecies and multiscale habitat suitability models (HSM) are important to identify the environmental variables and scales influencing habitat selection and facilitate the comparison of closely related species with different ecological requirements. Objectives This study explores the multiscale relationships of habitat suitability for the pine (Martes martes) and stone marten (M. foina) in northern Spain to evaluate differences in habitat selection and scaling, and to determine if there is habitat niche displacement when both species coexist.

Keywords

HSM, scale dependency, sampling bias, niche divergence, maxent, pine marten, stone marten

Citation

Vergara, Maria; Cushman, Samuel A.; Urra, Fermin; Ruiz-Gonzalez, Aritz. 2016. Shaken but not stirred: Multiscale habitat suitability modeling of sympatric marten species (Martes martes and Martes foina) in the northern Iberian Peninsula. Landscape Ecology. 31:1241-1260.