FIGURE 5 Response curves of major environmental variables
Note: Among the vegetation types, 11 are covered by herbaceous plants; 62 is a deciduous broad-leaved forest; 72 is an evergreen coniferous forest; 82 is a deciduous coniferous forest; 92 is a mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest; 130 is grassland; 180 is a wetland
The suitability analysis of foraging habitat demonstrated that the area of suitable, average, and unsuitable habitats for the wapiti foraging in the study area was 0.98 km2, 5.6 km2, and 57.1 km2, accounting for 1.53%, 8.78%, and 89.69% of the total area of the study area, respectively. The areas of suitable, average, and unsuitable habitats for Siberian roe deer foraging were 1.69 km2, 6.5 km2, and 55.67 km2 in that order, accounting for 2.65%, 10.05% and 87.30% of the total area of the study area, respectively (Figure 6) (Table 3).