Bird Habitat Suitability and Protection Gaps in Zoige Wetland National Park

A geospatial dataset models bird habitat suitability in China's Zoige Wetland National Park. It was generated by Gulin Li using an optimized MaxEnt model based on 319 occurrence records and 16 environmental factors, with results published in 2026. The analysis identifies 27,150.75 km² of suitable habitat and ranks key environmental drivers like distance to roads and precipitation.

Use Cases

• Identify priority conservation areas based on modeled habitat suitability hotspots.
• Analyze the impact of environmental factors like road proximity and precipitation on bird distribution.
• Assess protection gaps by comparing modeled suitable areas with existing park functional zones.
• Validate and compare species distribution models using the provided AUC performance metric of 0.902.

Strengths

• Model performance is quantified with an AUC value of 0.902 (± 0.004).
• Key environmental factors are identified with quantified percentage contributions, totaling 90.6%.
• Spatial results are provided at a regional scale, with a total suitable area of 27,150.75 km².

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The underlying occurrence data (319 records) and specific environmental factor rasters are not described in detail.

Provenance

Source

Gulin Li via figshare.

Collection Method

Modeled using an optimized MaxEnt species distribution model.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 05:31:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zoige Wetland National Park, China, covering Luqu County, Zoige County, Aba County, Hongyuan County, and Maqu County.