sh.sePublikationer
Ändra sökning
RefereraExporteraLänk till posten
Permanent länk

Direktlänk
Referera
Referensformat
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Annat format
Fler format
Språk
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Annat språk
Fler språk
Utmatningsformat
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Habitat selection by the Spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia): A view from spatial analysis
University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, Miljövetenskap.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-5636-3957
Taif University, Saudi Arabia.
2021 (Engelska)Ingår i: Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, ISSN 1319-562X, Vol. 28, nr 9, s. 5034-5041Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Many factors affect the habitat selection for animal species, which in turn may greatly affect their distribution in different ecosystems. Understanding the processes that affect habitat selection is also critical for guiding and managing conservation initiatives. Our study aimed to assess the habitat selection by free-ranging Spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) by analyzing a geospatial data connecting its burrow parameters to different habitat characteristics within selected sites in Hail region, Saudi Arabia. We examined evidence and patterns of significant spatial clustering for (366) active burrows by linking their parameters (burrow entrance size, burrow entrance width and burrow entrance height), their reference geographical locations and, two habitat characteristics defined by soil type and vegetation cover. The objective of the analysis was to increase the understanding on the burrows aggregation process in the space and, to describe its possible relation to other spatial habitat configurations. Analysis of distances based on the Nearest Neighbor Index (NNI) and hotspots detection in Nearest neighbor hierarchical clustering (Nnh) suggested twelve (12) spatial clusters located within the study area. In addition, a spatial ordinary least square (OLS) and Poisson regression models revealed significant effects of soil type and vegetation cover on burrow parameters (OLS, p < 0.05; Poisson, p < 0.001), which indicate a strong association between burrows parameters and habitats characteristics. Findings from the study also suggest that other factors such as elevations, highways, and human settlement concentration spots could possibly play a major role in defining burrow spatial aggregation and furthermore have a significant impact on habitat selection.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 28, nr 9, s. 5034-5041
Nyckelord [en]
Spatial regression, Distance analysis, Burrow parameters, Hail region
Nationell ämneskategori
Ekologi
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-45533DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.05.020ISI: 000687307300001PubMedID: 34466079Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85110422502OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-45533DiVA, id: diva2:1560441
Tillgänglig från: 2021-06-04 Skapad: 2021-06-04 Senast uppdaterad: 2022-11-03Bibliografiskt granskad

Open Access i DiVA

fulltext(3583 kB)433 nedladdningar
Filinformation
Filnamn FULLTEXT01.pdfFilstorlek 3583 kBChecksumma SHA-512
859c5b365955e6038a68434db85459bc4b65b3f153d8cf6f795e9c6d202979980e15de8309a6849e6552f1288083804ad4fa5c691b521dd2965708604f1a471c
Typ fulltextMimetyp application/pdf

Övriga länkar

Förlagets fulltextPubMedScopus

Person

Abdelgadir, Mohanad

Sök vidare i DiVA

Av författaren/redaktören
Abdelgadir, Mohanad
Av organisationen
Miljövetenskap
Ekologi

Sök vidare utanför DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Totalt: 437 nedladdningar
Antalet nedladdningar är summan av nedladdningar för alla fulltexter. Det kan inkludera t.ex tidigare versioner som nu inte längre är tillgängliga.

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn

Altmetricpoäng

doi
pubmed
urn-nbn
Totalt: 379 träffar
RefereraExporteraLänk till posten
Permanent länk

Direktlänk
Referera
Referensformat
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Annat format
Fler format
Språk
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Annat språk
Fler språk
Utmatningsformat
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf