Identifying potential habitat for the endangered Aleutian shield fern using topographical characteristics
Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
By: Adam Duarte, Daniel M. Wolcott, and T. Edwin Ricca Chow Ricca, Mark A.
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Abstract
The Aleutian shield fern Polystichum aleuticum is endemic to the Aleutian archipelago of Alaska and is listed as endangered pursuant to the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Despite numerous efforts to discover new populations of this species, only four known populations are documented to date, and information is needed to prioritize locations for future surveys. Therefore, we incorporated topographical habitat characteristics (elevation, slope, aspect, distance from coastline, and anthropogenic footprint) found at known Aleutian shield fern locations into a Geographical Information System (GIS) model to create a habitat suitability map for the entirety of the Andreaonof Islands. A total of 18 islands contained 489.26 km2 of highly suitable and moderately suitable habitat when weighting each factor equally. This study reports a habitat suitability map for the endangered Aleutian shield fern using topographical characteristics, which can be used to assist current and future recovery efforts for the species.
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Duarte, A., Wolcott, D.M., Chow, T.E., 2012, Identifying potential habitat for the endangered Aleutian shield fern using topographical characteristics: Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, v. 3, no. 2, p. 303-310, https://doi.org/10.3996/032012-JFWM-023.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Identifying potential habitat for the endangered Aleutian shield fern using topographical characteristics |
| Series title | Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management |
| DOI | 10.3996/032012-JFWM-023 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Fish And Wildlife Management |
| First page | 303 |
| Last page | 310 |