East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2017 Niche Modeling for the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and the Original Panda, Ailurus fulgens: Habitat Preferences and Evolutionary Consequences Lauren M. Lyon East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Geographic Information Sciences Commons, and the Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons Recommended Citation Lyon, Lauren M., "Niche Modeling for the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and the Original Panda, Ailurus fulgens: Habitat Preferences and Evolutionary Consequences" (2017). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3234. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3234 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Niche Modeling for the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and the Original Panda, Ailurus fulgens: Habitat Preferences and Evolutionary Consequences ________________________________ A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Geosciences East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Science in Geosciences _________________________________ by Lauren M. Lyon May 2017 _________________________________ Dr. T. Andrew Joyner, Chair Dr. Thomas C. Jones Dr. Joshua X. Samuels Keywords: Maxent, SDM, Morphometrics, Carnivora, Ailuridae, Ursidae, Conservation ABSTRACT Niche Modeling for the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and the Original Panda, Ailurus fulgens: Habitat Preferences and Evolutionary Consequences by Lauren M.