Assessing impact of forest landscape dynamics on migratory corridors: A case study of two protected areas in Himalayan foothills

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3393-3411

  Joshi, P K ^a   Yadav, Kamini ^a   Sinha, V S P ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

LCM; Least cost pathway; LULC; Migratory corridor; Predictive modeling; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE DATA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORBETT NATIONAL PARK; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; UTTARAKHAND;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 81555195198     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0123-z     Document Type: Article

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