MODELING ECOLOGICAL NICHE OF TREE SPECIES IN BRAZILIAN TROPICAL AREA

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dc.creatorMônica Canaan Carvalho
dc.creatorLucas Rezende Gomide
dc.creatorRubens Manoel dos Santos
dc.creatorJosé Roberto Soares Scolforo
dc.creatorLuís Marcelo Tavares de Carvalho
dc.creatorJosé Márcio de Mello
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:40:39Z
dc.descriptionModeling of the ecological niche of vegetal species is useful for understanding the species-environment relationship, for prediction of responses to climate changes and for correct reforestation programs and establishment of plantation’s recommendation. The objective of this work was to establish a model for the distribution of four tree species ( Casearia sylvestris, Copaifera langsdorfÀi, Croton Áoribundus and Tapirira guianensis ), widely used in reforestation projects in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In addition, we analyzed the relationship between environmental characteristics and the occurrence of species and tested the performance of Random Forest and ArtiÀcial Neural Networks as modeling methods. These methods were evaluated by their overall accuracy, sensitivity, speciÀcity, Kappa, true skill statistic and the area under the receiver operating curve. The results showed the species Casearia sylvestris, Copaifera langsdorfÀi and Tapirira guianensis widely occurring in the state of Minas Gerais, including a broad range of environmental variables. Croton Áoribundus had restricted occurrence in the southern state, showing narrow environmental variation. The resulting algorithms demonstrated greater performance when modeling restricted geographic and environmental species, as well as species occurring with high prevalence in data. The algorithm Random Forest performed better for distribution modeling of all species, although the results varied for each metric and species. The maps generated had acceptable metrics and are supported by and ecological information obtained from other sources, constituting a useful tool to understand the ecology and biogeography of the target species.
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dc.identifier0104-7760
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74451402010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/421221
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Lavras
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=744
dc.rightsCERNE
dc.sourceCERNE (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.23
dc.subjectAgrociencias
dc.titleMODELING ECOLOGICAL NICHE OF TREE SPECIES IN BRAZILIAN TROPICAL AREA
dc.typeartículo científico

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