High resolution habitat suitability modelling for an endemic restricted-range Hawaiian insect (Nysius wekiuicola, Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Author:

Eiben, Jess A., Klasner, Frederick, Perroy, Ryan, Stephenson, Nathan

Title:

High resolution habitat suitability modelling for an endemic restricted-range Hawaiian insect (Nysius wekiuicola, Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Periodical:

Journal of Insect Conservation

Year:

2017

Volume:

21

Pages:

87-96

Subject:

Insects Mauna Kea Nysius wekiuicola Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Wekiu bug

Summary:

The article presents two habitat suitability models, at 1 and 10 m resolutions, for the endemic wēkiu bug, an arthropod species present on the summit of Maunakea in Hawaiʻi by combining non-intrusive spatial data collection techniques and available field data. The results show that elevation and surficial mineralogy were the strongest predictors of suitable habitat.

Label:

Insects - Wekiu

Date:

February 2017

Collection:

Periodicals