Identification of swamp deer (cervus duvauceli duvauceli cuvier) potential habitat in jhilmil jheel conservation reserve, uttarakhand, india using multi-criteria analysis

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 902-914

  Nandy, S ^a   Kushwaha, S P ^a   Gaur, Priyanka ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Conservation; Geospatial techniques; Habitat; Suitability; Swamp deer

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES; HABITAT; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; RESERVE MANAGEMENT; SUITABILITY; SWAMP DEER;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CERVUS DUVAUCELI DUVAUCELI; DEER; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; STATISTICS;

INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DUVAUCELII;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIA;

EID: 84864563783     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9826-5     Document Type: Article

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