Suitable habitat of wild Asian elephant in Western Terai of Nepal.

Anthropogenic threats habitat fragmentation low land variables wildlife corridor

Journal

Ecology and evolution
ISSN: 2045-7758
Titre abrégé: Ecol Evol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101566408

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Historique:
received: 28 03 2019
revised: 19 04 2020
accepted: 20 04 2020
entrez: 2 7 2020
pubmed: 2 7 2020
medline: 2 7 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

There is currently very little available research on the habitat suitability, the influence of infrastructure on distribution, and the extent and connectivity of habitat available to the wild Asian elephant ( In this study, we identified suitable habitat for wild Asian elephants in the Western Terai region of Nepal using Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) software. Of 9,207 km We conclude that further habitat fragmentation in the study area can be reduced by avoiding the construction of new roads and connectivity between areas of existing suitable habitat can be increased through the identification and management of wildlife corridors between habitat patches.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
There is currently very little available research on the habitat suitability, the influence of infrastructure on distribution, and the extent and connectivity of habitat available to the wild Asian elephant (
METHODS METHODS
In this study, we identified suitable habitat for wild Asian elephants in the Western Terai region of Nepal using Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) software.
RESULTS RESULTS
Of 9,207 km
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
We conclude that further habitat fragmentation in the study area can be reduced by avoiding the construction of new roads and connectivity between areas of existing suitable habitat can be increased through the identification and management of wildlife corridors between habitat patches.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32607217
doi: 10.1002/ece3.6356
pii: ECE36356
pmc: PMC7319151
doi:

Banques de données

Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.dncjsxkwh']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

6112-6119

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None declared.

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Auteurs

Purushottam Sharma (P)

Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Kathmandu Nepal.

Saroj Panthi (S)

Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest, and Environment Pokhara Nepal.

Subodh Kumar Yadav (SK)

Department of Survey Kathmandu Nepal.

Manoj Bhatta (M)

Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia.

Ajay Karki (A)

Ministry of Forests and Environment Kathmandu Nepal.

Tom Duncan (T)

Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia.

Megharaj Poudel (M)

Forest Research and Training Centre Babarmahal, Kathmandu Nepal.

Krishna Prasad Acharya (KP)

Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest, and Environment Surkhet Nepal.

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