Abstract
The presence of red deer may be a contributing factor within the ecological and epidemiological systems contributing to the risk and spread of a range of vector-borne diseases. Deer are important hosts for many vectors, and may therefore serve as a focal point or attractant for vectors or may themselves become a reservoir for vector-borne disease. Three spatial modelling techniques were used to generate an ensemble model describing the proportion of suitable red deer habitat within recorded distributions for Europe as identified from diverse sources. The resulting model is therefore an index of presence, which may be useful in supporting the modelling of vector-borne disease across Europe.
Highlights
The presence of red deer may be a contributing factor within the ecological and epidemiological systems contributing to the risk and spread of a range of vector-borne diseases
The data sets used were as follows: Habitat definition For much of the indicated range the distributions above were by their nature simple presence limits
In order to introduce absences within these limits, suitability masks were defined using species-specific habitat preferences derived from land cover classes, using GLOBCOVER [7] at 1 km resolution
Summary
A First Attempt at Modelling Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Distributions Over Europe. Three spatial modelling techniques were used to generate an ensemble model describing the proportion of suitable red deer habitat within recorded distributions for Europe as identified from diverse sources. The data sets used were as follows: Habitat definition For much of the indicated range the distributions above were by their nature simple presence limits. Within these designated boundaries there was no indication of absence. In order to introduce absences within these limits, suitability masks were defined using species-specific habitat preferences derived from land cover classes, using GLOBCOVER [7] at 1 km resolution. All data processing was undertaken in ESRI ArcGIS 10.0
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