An Indicator System Model For Assessing The Red Deer Subspecies In Northeastern China Based On FAHP

In the study, we selected seventeen habitat factors as the key factors affecting habitat selection of red deer based on the previous study, used the principles of mathematics and statistics and the theories of animal ecology, wildlife management, landscape ecology, and conservation biology, and referred to the theory and practice of FAHP in other habitat assessment system, evaluated the habitat suitability of red deer. And the conclusions were as following:1. The factors affecting habitat selection of red deer were determined by the consulting of specialist and the previous study.2. The habitat suitable evaluation system of red deer in winter was structured based on the fuzzy overall evaluation model. In the study, the value of the weight of ecology evaluation was 0.6, and the value of the weight of management evaluation was 0.4. The result showed that ecology evaluation was more important than management evaluation. The order of the elements in ecology evaluation as that, direct human disturbance (0.1164), natural gender (0.1055), vegetation type (0.0964), food abundance (0.0964), animal disturbance (0.0892), cover classes (0.0855), area adaptability (0.0846), species diversity (0.0810), habitat diversity (0.0774), elevation (0.0637). The order of the elements in management evaluation as that, infrastructure (0.1967), scientific research (0.1733), legal construction (0.1700), establishment of institution and staff assignment (0.1670), current management (0.1567), local resources surveying (0.1367). The results showed that infrastructure was critical to the protection and management of red deer.3. Because of the consistency of the value of every index between the evaluation system model in the study and the previous study, the habitat assessment system was feasibility.4. At present, structured mathematical model using selected habitat factors and 3S technology was usually used to habitat assessment method of red deer. The quantitative habitat factors were used to structure mathematical model, and the qualitative habitat factors were used to test the significance by chi square test. The quantitative habitat factors and the qualitative habitat factors did not be integrated organically in the habitat assessment system. However, the quantitative habitat factors and the qualitative habitat factors were integrated in the fuzzy overall evaluation model. This was the innovation of the study.5. The habitat assessment system was feasibility, and the fuzzy overall evaluation model was used to evaluate 12 habitats of red deer. The score of the 12 habitats and the habitat suitability rank as following, Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve, scored 91, was the suitable habitat, Jilin Baoma Forest Farm, scored 66, was general suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Yingchun Forestry Bureau Wupao Forest Farm, scored 76, was moderate suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Dongfanghong Forestry Bureau Hekou Forest Farm, scored 69, was general suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Muling Forestry Bureau, scored 67, was general suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Dahailin Forestry Bureau Erlanghe Forest Farm, scored 78, was moderate suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Langxiang Forestry Bureau Qingyuan Forest Farm, scored 79, was moderate suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Wuying Forestry Bureau Fenglin Forest Farm, scored 69, was general suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Wuyiling Forestry Bureau Fumin Forest Farm, scored 67, was general suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve, scored 88, was suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Huzhong Forestry Bureau Daxigou, scored 72, was moderate suitable habitat, Heilongjiang Lingfeng Provincial-level Nature Reserve, scored 74, was moderate suitable habitat.