Fig 1.
Location of the study area used to perform multi-extent distribution modeling and landscape connectivity for striped hyaena in central Iran.
Republished from data provided by Markazi Provincial Office of Department of Environment (MDoE) under a CC BY license, with permission from MDoE, original copyright, 2016.
Fig 2.
Habitat suitability of striped hyaena in central Iran at five extent sizes of variables including 0.1 (a), 0.5 (b), 1 (c), 2 (d), and 4 km (e). Republished from data provided by Markazi Provincial Office of Department of Environment (MDoE) under a CC BY license, with permission from MDoE, original copyright, 2016.
Fig 3.
Response curves of the most influential predictors for distribution of striped hyaena at the extent size of 4 km in central Iran.
Table 1.
Model performance, importance of variables, area of suitable habitats, and coverage of conservation areas obtained for the stripped hyaena in central Iran according to spatial niche predictions at five variable extent sizes.
Fig 4.
Graph of four landscape composition and configuration metrics to evaluate connectivity between suitable habitats of striped hyaena across the five extent sizes in central Iran.
Fig 5.
Predicted core habitats at variable extent size of 4 km and five dispersal scenarios including 50 (a), 100 (b), 150 (c), 200 (d) and 250 (e) km. Republished from data provided by Markazi Provincial Office of Department of Environment (MDoE) under a CC BY license, with permission from MDoE, original copyright, 2016.
Table 2.
Mean values of delta probability of connectivity (dPC) calculated for the predicted core habitats at five dispersal scenarios in central Iran.
The numbers in parenthesis show the core habitat numbers.
Table 3.
Percentage of protected core habitats covered by conservation areas at five dispersal scenarios.