Habitat suitability modeling for Wild goat in Dena protected area by Maximum Entropy (MAXENT) model

Knowledge of effective factors on species habitat suitability and range of suitable habitats have essential importance in planning in order to wildlife protecting and managing. Dena protected area is 93820 ha located that is located in 36 km far from Yasouj County in Kohgilouia and boyerahmad province. Wild goat is indicator species of Dena protected area. Propose of this study is analyzing of wild goat's dispersion in Dena region and eastern Dena. Species presence point's data were collected in spring and divided into two clusters randomly of Training data and Test data. Then other habitat variables ran in MaxEnt model. The result of Jackknife sensitivity indicated that distance from rocky regions, distance from forest, and roughness are most important effective variables in habitat suitability. The result of study demonstrated that suitable habitat for this species is located in rocky zones far from man-made regions and incline to sparse plant covered region with high elevation