Habitat classification and evaluation of the Köyceğiz-Dalyan Special Protected Area (Muğla/Turkey)
| Autor: | Fatmagül Geven, Ebru Özdeniz, Ali Uğur Özcan, Ayşenur Bölükbaşi, Umit Turan, Latif Kurt, Beste Gizem Özbey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Extinction Ecology Biodiversity Endangered species 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences Diversity index Geography Habitat 0103 physical sciences Threatened species General Earth and Planetary Sciences media_common.cataloged_instance 030101 anatomy & morphology European union General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Protected area 010303 astronomy & astrophysics General Environmental Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Rendiconti Lincei. 27:509-519 |
| ISSN: | 1720-0776 2037-4631 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12210-016-0510-1 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study is the classification and evaluation of the habitats in Koycegiz-Dalyan Special Protected Area (SPA) in accordance with the international criteria, determination of the unique, rare and threatened habitats and making proposals for the sustainability of the habitats and its balanced use. Koycegiz-Dalyan SPA hosts different habitats such as forests, maquis, garrigue, phrygana, lakes, stream, sand hills, reeds, fresh water and oceanographic regions and the diversity of the species living there, the complex web of relations among these species and the diversity biological processes constitutes a relevant model for Thermo and Eu-Mediterranean zones for East Mediterranean Basin. Nowadays the rate of loss in biological diversity stemmed from the anthropogenic sources is a thousand times higher than the geological extinction. That is why the determination and description of the habitats with unique properties is of extreme importance. This study involves the classification of Koycegiz-Dalyan SPA habitat types in accordance with the European Union Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitat classification. The habitats were evaluated with regard to the criteria such as size of area, biodiversity, naturalness, rarity, typicalness, the reparation and/or restoration potential. The evaluations are based upon the indices of class area (CA), number of patches (NP), percentage of landscape [Perceland (P I)], the largest patch index (LPI), modified Shannon–Simpson diversity index (MSHDI-MSIDI). As a result of this study EUNIS habitat types of Koycegiz-Dalyan SPA located at the southwest of Turkey have been determined and there were 11 new habitats found which are not included in AB habitat list. These habitat types were evaluated by the use of evaluation indices in addition to biological and ecological processes. There were proposals made for the protection of rare and endangered habitats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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