Indicator species analysis of some wild mammals; a case study of Ağlasun

Abstract

The coexistence of mammalian species in the ecosystem is an important indicator that the ecosystem is in balance. This study was carried out to determine the conditions related to each other of some wild mammals distributed in Burdur-Ağlasun district. As a result of the presence-absence survey conducted on 70 sample plots, five species were sampled at an adequate level, statistically. Cluster analysis was performed to presence-absence data of wild mammals by PC-ORD program and sample plots were divided into three groups (A, B, C).To see the relationships between groups and mammals, Chi-square test was performed with SPSS. Indicator species and relationship orientation of these species were determined by using interspecific correlation analysis for important ones. Detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) were applied with the Past program to examine the situation of groups and wild mammals with sample plots. As a result of study, Negative and positive indicator speices of groups A, B and C were determined. According to DCA results, Wild hare and Wild boar were almost equally distant from the three groups. As a result of this study, it seems that own habitats of species (except for Wild hare and Wild boar) sharply separated. Finally, this study is also important in that it shows the mentioned analysis methods can be used to reveal the relationships of the species with each other.

Keywords

• ağlasun district
• detrended correspondence analysis (dca)
• indicator species
• interspecific correlation analysis
• mammals
• wildlife
• ağlasun yöresi
• eğilimsiz uyum analizi (dca)
• gösterge tür
• i̇ntersipesifik korelasyon analizi
• memeli yaban hayvanı
• yaban hayatı