In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology

Document Type : Article

Authors

1 Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8- 8349, Iran

2 M. Sc. Student, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran Mostafa Hadavand

Abstract

Abstract
Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) is one of index mammals of the Zagros Oak Forests, as for is very poor of the natural forest cover in Markazi Province, therefore existence of trees dominant typeof species Quercus Brantii persica in the Forest Reserve Area of shazand is of great importance for the regeneration of this species.The study was using MaxEnt and statistic methods with Seven variables i.e. tree height, diameter at breast height(DBH), cover crown, distance from roads and agricultural land, distance from the nearest tree, the number of trees has holes, and Frying rate of oak trees, and 60 hypothetical of simulated points of squirrel. The results indicate that an area of 6.4 ha, equivalent to 39%, in the forest reserve area of shazand is habitat suitable for the Persian squirrel. The model validity is 0.845 revealing the excellent performance of MaxEnt method. According to, the habitat conditions of available does not exist of the possibility of regenerationof the Persian squirrel in the Forest Reserve Area of shazand now. The number of trees has holes, diameter at breast height, distance from the nearest tree, Frying rate of oak trees, cover crown and are respectively known as the variables with the greatest impact on habitat of Persian squirrel.

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