Spatial Analysis of Potential Habitats for the Dormouse in the Capital Region of Denmark.: A Filter Method for Habitat Detection
Translated title
Spatial Analysis of Potential Habitats for the Dormouse in the Capital Region of Denmark.
Author
Lopez Vazquez, Ruben
Term
4. term
Publication year
2017
Submitted on
2017-06-09
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan man kan udvide hasselmusens levested ved at bruge automatiseret dataanalyse til at finde fjerntliggende steder med samme miljøsignatur som dens kendte levesteder. Hasselmusen er en truet art og i dag sjælden i Danmark, og bestandene er tilsyneladende fortsat i tilbagegang. For at imødegå dette søger undersøgelsen efter flere områder, der kan være egnede for arten. Den betragter menneskeskabt miljøforringelse som overvejende ubevidst og, vigtigst, som en midlertidig tilstand. Hvor tidligere naturbeskyttelsesindsatser ofte har forestillet sig levested som en fysisk struktur, der skaber positive forbindelser mellem bestande, forsøger dette arbejde også at tænke levested som en enklave (områder der kan fungere i sig selv) og som noget mere end blot geografi. Her defineres levested som et stabilt mønster over tid i arealanvendelse, klimaforhold og intensiteten af brug: et vedvarende, gunstigt forhold mellem betingelser.
This thesis explores how to expand the hazel dormouse’s habitat by using automated data analysis to find distant places with the same environmental signature as its known habitats. The hazel dormouse is endangered and now rare in Denmark, with populations apparently still declining. To address this, the study seeks additional areas that could be suitable for the species. It views human-caused environmental degradation as largely unintentional and, above all, as a temporary condition. While many conservation efforts have envisioned viable habitat as physical structures that connect populations, this work also conceives habitat as an enclave (areas that can function on their own) and as something more than a point on a map. Here, habitat is defined as a stable pattern over time in land use, climate, and intensity of use: a continued, favourable relationship of conditions.
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