@article{Hideyuki Ito_Hiromu Tomita_Makoto Ooba_Takahiro Fujii_2021, title={ESTIMATION OF HABITAT SUITABILITY AREA OF ENDANGERED SPECIES USING MAXENT IN FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN}, volume={20}, url={https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/3182}, abstractNote={<p>Fukushima Prefecture is the third largest area in Japan and which has diverse natural<br>environment such as Mt. Bandaisan, Lake Inawashiro, and the Bandai highlands with beautiful ponds and lakes.<br>However, since the valuable and rich nature and habitat for endangered species have been destroyed by rapid<br>urbanization and infrastructure development. Thus, the purpose of this research is to analyze the time-series<br>change of habitat area for four endangered species: the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), northern goshawk<br>(Accipiter gentilis), Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), and Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus). Maximum<br>entropy modeling (MaxEnt) software was used to model species distributions and to estimate the habitat<br>suitability area. As the result, it was concluded that the total suitable habitat area increased slightly for the<br>golden eagle, but the suitable habitat area for the other three species decreased. In addition, the potential<br>suitable habitat areas by multiplying the numerical values obtained from MaxEnt by the area also decreased by<br>3.57% for the Japanese macaque, by 7.44% for the northern goshawk, and by 1.92% for the black bear between<br>1976 and 2014. Thus, this research suggested the necessity of conservation of their habitat area.</p>}, number={81}, journal={GEOMATE Journal}, author={Hideyuki Ito and Hiromu Tomita and Makoto Ooba and Takahiro Fujii}, year={2021}, month={Feb.}, pages={93–99} }