Integrating GIS and expert judgment in a multi-criteria analysis to map and develop a habitat suitability index: A case study of large mammals on the Malayan Peninsula

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-158

  Reza, Mohammad Imam Hasan ^a   Abdullah, Saiful Arif ^a   Nor, Shukor Bin Md ^a   Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Expert judgment; Habitat suitability mapping; Landscape and regional planning; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXPERT JUDGMENT; HABITAT SUITABILITY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; DATA INTEGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMALS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDEX METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; MAPPING METHOD; PROTECTED AREA; RED LIST; WILD POPULATION;

MALAY PENINSULA;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS UNICOLOR; HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TAPIRUS INDICUS;

EID: 84878400626     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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