Mapping Equus kiang (Tibetan wild ass) habitat in Surkhang, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Sharma, Benktesh Dash ^a   Clevers, Jan ^b   De Graaf, Reitze ^b   Chapagain, Nawa Raj ^a  

^a Annapurna Conservation Area Project   (Nepal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equus kiang; GIS; Habitat mapping; Land cover classification; Nepal; Remote sensing; Tibetan wild ass

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; DHAULAGIRI; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SURKHANG;

EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS KIANG;

EID: 3042856160     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2004)024[0149:MEKTWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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