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Table 5 Boyce index ( B b ) of the habitat suitability maps for barking deer, Himalayan goral and Himalayan serow

From: Habitat suitability models of mountain ungulates: identifying potential areas for conservation

 

Suitability ( i )

Proportion of evaluation points ( P i )

Relative area covered by a particular suitability class ( E i )

Predicted-to-expected ratio

Boyce index ( Bb )

Barking deer

Poorly suitable

0.08

0.18

0.44

1.00

 

Moderately suitable

0.13

0.19

0.68

 
 

Suitable

0.27

0.33

0.82

 
 

Highly suitable

0.52

0.31

1.68

 

Himalayan goral

Poorly suitable

0.11

0.38

0.29

1.00

 

Moderately suitable

0.25

0.26

0.96

 
 

Suitable

0.44

0.32

1.38

 
 

Highly suitable

0.19

0.04

4.75

 

Himalayan serow

Poorly suitable

0.03

0.13

0.23

0.60

 

Moderately suitable

0.08

0.23

0.35

 
 

Suitable

0.37

0.24

1.54

 
 

Highly suitable

0.53

0.40

1.33

 
  1. High values indicate a high consistency in the evaluation of the datasets, and a value greater than 1 indicates good suitability.
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