LAAuthors: Skidmore, A.K.; Niamir, A.; Advisor: -; Participants: - (2014)
Thesis outlines the incorporation of existing knowledge into a conventional approach to predict the distribution of Bonelli’s eagle at a resolution 100 times finer than available atlas data, in Malaga province, southern Spain; demonstrates the use of species taxonomy to delineate environmental extent and evaluates how this affects the performance of species distribution models for 356 terrestrial species in mainland Spain; explores the application of the Dempter-Shafer Theory of Evidence in modelling the distribution of a well-known (Bonelli’s eagle), and a poorly-studied (Short-toed Eagle) species in mainland Spain; the synthesis, summarizes and discusses the main findings, and outlines perspectives for future research.