Geospatial modeling to assess elephant habitat suitability and corridors in northern Chhattisgarh, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Areendran, G ^a   Raj, Krishna ^a   Mazumdar, Sraboni ^a   Munsi, Madhushree ^a   Govil, Himanshu ^a   Sen, P K ^b  

^a WWF India   (India)

^b Ranthambore Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Corridor; Habitat suitability analysis; Human elephant conflict; Project elephant

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISPERSAL; ELEPHANT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MAPPING METHOD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE; VEGETATION COVER;

CHHATTISGARH; INDIA;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 79959511257     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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