Current distribution and suitable habitat distribution predictions
According the distribution map from IUCN (Fig1), takin range in Sichuan Province comprised 129,582 km2 within three distinct patches. The largest patch was located in middle of Sichuan (Patch A), covering 114,038km2, or 88% of takin distribution in Sichuan. Patch B and patch C covered 5,857km2 and 9,709km2 respectively.
Table 1 Analysis of variable contributions in models