| Pak. J. Bot., 38(3): 539-542, 2006. | Back to Contents | ||||
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MODELLING POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TAXUS WALLICHIANA IN PALAS VALLEY, PAKISTAN ZAFEER SAQIB, RIFFAT NASEEM MALIK AND SYED ZAHOOR HUSAIN* Abstract: Desktop modelling software in combination with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has led species distributions modelling and proving a very powerful tool. DOMAIN model was used to produce potential distribution map of Taxus wallichiana in Palas valley. A similarity index cutoff of 0.95-1 was used to define core habitat of the species. Overall accuracy of the predictive model was 87.2%. Potentially areas identified of spatial distribution of Taxus wallichiana through modeling process can be used for its in situ conservation. Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Environmental Sciences Programme, Fatima Jinnah Women University, The Mall, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan. |
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