An Individual-based Model Approach for the Conservation of the Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae Population in Central Sumatra
An Individual-based Model Approach for the Conservation of the Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae Population in Central Sumatra
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苏门答腊中部苏门答腊虎 Panthera tigris sumatrae 种群保护的基于个体的模型方法
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2010
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M. Imron
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M. Imron
The expensive computational cost of sensitivity analyses has hampered the use of these techniques for analysing individual-based models in ecology. A relatively cheap computational cost, referred to as the Morris method, was chosen to assess the relative effects of all parameters on the model’s outputs and to gain an insight into predator-prey systems. The structure and results of the sensitivity analysis of the Sumatran tiger model the Panthera Population Persistence (PPP) and the Notonecta foraging model (NFM) were compared. Both models are based on a general predation cycle and designed to understand the mechanisms behind the predator-prey interaction being considered. However, the models differ significantly in their complexity and the details of the processes involved. The results from the PPP model displayed that the parental-care time duration, the hunting radius, and the growth rate of prey were the most influential parameters for the number of tigers and the prey killed, the number of dispersed tigers, and the remaining prey, respectively. The attack rate parameters of backswimmers were responsible for the fluctuation in the number of daphnid eaten in the backswimmer model. The findings highlight the importance of the sensitivity analysis, and in particular the screening design for early development of any individual-based models. Furthermore, the model’s structure comparison and sensitivity analysis provide insight into predator-prey models for both practical conservation and conceptual understanding. 4.1.