RESEARCH PAPER

REVIEW
Submitted to: Sir Khubaib Abuzar
Submitted By: Nida Asif
Registartion No.: 01-263091-006
 PREFACE
 Introduction
 Scope of the Study
 Objectives of the study
 Methodology Employed
 Results Obtained
 Conclusions &
Recommendations
 “Evaluation of potential habitat with an
integrated analysis of a spatial conservation
strategy for David’s deer, Elaphurus davidians”
(Environ Monit Assess (2009) 150:455–468
DOI 10.1007/s10661-008-0244-3)
 Introduction
 Relationship between the landscape matrix and
the biodiversity
 rapid urbanization -highly disturbed landscape
 relationship between the landscape dynamics
and species population is integral in
conservation
 Scope of the Study
 Yancheng coast-middle of the Chinese coast,
32°34′ 34°28′ N, 119°27′ 121°16′ E
 Objectives of the Study
 To determine the appropriate area for the re-
introduction of Milu in the wild.
 To determine the variability in land-use over a
period of time and calculate its carrying capacity
for supprting a given number of Milu species in
that area.
 To assess the changes in the Yancheng coast due to
human induced activities, and integrating the
landscape dynamics and Milu population research.
 Methodology Employed
1)Calculation of anthropogenic effects:
 Development Intensity index was used based on the study that

land use and land-cover change (LUCC) is an interface

between natural conditions and anthropogenic influence.

2) Potential habitat suitability:

 Suitability Index V

 risk index R was used to reflect the human disturbance

 scan statistics was performed, using land-use data, which

involves taking a circle’s center as the point, it assesses the

point information within the statistics circle.
 Continued……
3) Forest and grassland area:
 Rivers were taken as border lines and divided into 6 subregions

 In each subregion, the forest area, high grassland area and total area
was tabulated
 then forest and high grassland area was compared

 human modified index (HMI) in each subregion was calcultaed

 Lastly, the land-use transfer matrix of the whole region during 1987–
2000 was calculated
 Landscape metrics analysis is a quantitative method to reflect the
landscape change
 Three periods’ landscape metrics was studied, 1987, 1995 and 2000

 through the analysis the anthropogenic disturbance dynamic during

this time was inferred
 Then, the vector land-use data was converted into raster data. The
index value V, is taken as the threshold value, which was calculated
before (The region that V index value beyond which should be
conserved and in which human disturbance should be ruled).
 Transect Analysis
 A window, the size of the organisms home
range, was systematically moved over the
entire map Scope of the Study
 Objectives of the study
 Methodology Employed
 Results Obtained
 Conclusions & Recommendations
Figure 2: Transect analysis in Yancheng coast
 Land-use metrics analysis
 ARCVIEW 3.3 was used
 Finally, vector land-use data was converted to
raster form and with the software ARCVIEW
3.3 (ESRI 1993), using the 1 km window the
V and R indices neighborhood analysis was
performed
 Results Obtained:
 Regions with high V index value located in the southern
Yancheng coastal region
 region around Dafeng were considered more appropriate to
reintroduce Milu. On the other hand, regions with high R
value were mainly located in the northern Yancheng coastal
region, which indicated a more intensive human activity.
 Biggest percentage of forest land cover was in subregion III,
with 3.4%
 in subregion I there was no forest lands cover at all
 1987-2000, the forest land cover hardly changed any more.
The high cover grassland area was larger in each subregion
and changed more from 1987 to 2000.
Table 1: Forest and high cover grassland areas, percentage
and total area (ha) from 1987 to 2000
 Continued….
 northern part of the Yancheng coastal region was
most disturbed by human activities, with highest
index values in sub-region 1 and 2
 least was in the region 3 and 4, due to the presence of
Red-Crowned Crane National Natural Conserve Area.
 1987-2000, the region with a V value greater than 3
decreased consistently. In 2000, the area that V value
above 0.3 was nearly 600 km2.
 If we ideally thought that all these regions were
suitable for Milu, the maximum Milu population was
10,000.
Figure 3: V index spatial analysis on the whole coast of
Yancheng
Figure 4: R index spatial analysis on the whole coast of
Yancheng
Figure 5: Comparison of R and V values from 1987 to 2000.
 Conclusions &
Recommendations
 Biodiversity conservation is of two types:
 specie based
 eco-system based
 combines both these methods, by determining the demands of
the species and taking into account the eco-system or habitat
 flexibility, it is more feasible for developing countries as well
as rapidly developing countries such as China.
 From the above study, could be concluded that, appropriate
Milu release pattern was to take the Dafeng as the core, then to
establish a diffusing corridor with the coast taken as the key
corridor
 The key corridor in the coast should extend more to the south.
a rough estimated carrying capacity for reintroducing Milu on
Yancheng coast is 10,000.