Cacosternum Capense Habitat Suitability Models for Historical, Present, and Future Periods

720.2 KB of data from a study on the endemic frog Cacosternum capense in the Cape Floristic Region. The dataset includes field data on microhabitat characteristics and species distribution models projected across historical (1970–2000), present-day (2021–2040), and future (2041–2060) periods. It was authored by Saffiya D Ginel and last updated on 2026-05-26.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat suitability for Cacosternum capense based on environmental variables.
• Assessing the impact of land-use intensity on species distribution patterns.
• Projecting future habitat loss for conservation planning based on climate model scenarios.
• Identifying key microhabitat characteristics like vegetation and soil type that influence species presence.

Strengths

• Models project habitat suitability across three distinct time periods: historical, present-day, and future.
• Analysis quantifies a 76.2% loss of the species' historical range and forecasts future habitat shrinking to 0.1%–6.3% of its original extent.
• Uses four climate models based on shared socio-economic pathways for forecasting.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data files are in PDF and JPG formats, which may require extraction or conversion for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Saffiya D Ginel.

Collection Method

Field data collection on microhabitat characteristics and species distribution modeling using MaxEnt.

Time Range

Historical (1970–2000), present-day (2021–2040), and future (2041–2060) projections.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 11:20:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cape Floristic Region, Western Cape, South Africa.