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Morteza Naderi

Morteza Naderi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7578-4159
Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Agriculture and Environment
Address: Arak University
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Research

Title
Habitat preferences of Bezoar wild goats (Capra aegagrus) in Agh-Dagh protected area, Iran
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
wild goats, habitat associations, habitat variables, logistic regression, habitat selection, presence-absence data, Iran
Year
2013
Journal NORTH-WEST J ZOOL
DOI
Researchers Naser Aref ، Morteza Naderi ، borhan riazi ، Mansureh Khalatbari ، Saeed Mohammadi ، Masoud Lahout ، Mehdi Kamran

Abstract

We studied the habitat selection of Bezoar wild goats (Capra aegagrus) in the Agh-Dagh protected area in northwestern Iran. This species lives in mountainous areas. The species' habitat selection was modeled by incorporating various physical and biological variables in a logistic regression. Topographic features including aspect and slope, ranked better than components of vegetation in explaining habitat selection throughout the year, and were often excellent predictors of habitat use. During winter, aspect was selected by logistic regression as a significant variable