Forest fragmentation in India

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 774-780

  Roy, P S ^a   Murthy, M S R ^c   Roy, A ^b   Kushwaha, S P S ^b   Singh, S ^b   Jha, C S ^d   Behera, M D ^e   Joshi, P K ^f   Jagannathan, C ^g   Karnatak, H C ^b   Saran, S ^b   Reddy, C S ^d   Kushwaha, D ^b   Dutt, C B S ^d   Porwal, M C ^b   Sudhakar, S ^h   Srivastava, V K ^d   Padalia, Hitendra ^b   Nandy, Subrata ^b   Gupta, Stutee ^b  

^a University Center for Earth and Space Sciences   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^c International Center for Integrated Mountain Development   (Nepal)

^d National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^h North Eastern Space Applications Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Hotspots; Landscape; Remote sensing; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885079350     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Heilman, G. E., Strittholt, J. R., Slosser, N. C. and Dellasala, D. A., Forest fragmentation of the conterminous United States: assessing forest intactness through road density and spatial characteristics. BioScience, 2002, 52, 411-422.
2. Kupfer, J. A., National assessments of forest fragmentation in the US. Global Environ. Change, 2006, 16, 73-82.
3. Holmgren, P. and Persson, R., Evolution prospects of global forest assessments. Unasylva, 2002, 53, 3-9.
4. Newmark, W. D. and Stanley, T. R., Habitat fragmentation reduces nest survival in an Afrotropical bird community in a biodiversity hotspot. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2011, 108, 11488-11493.
5. FAO, Forest Resources Assessment 2010. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 2010.
6. Roy, P. S. and Roy, A., Land use and land cover change in India: a remote sensing & GIS perspective. J. Indian Inst. Sci., 2010, 90, 489-502.
7. Andrén, H., Effects of habitat fragmentation on birds and mammals in landscapes with different proportions of suitable habitats: a review. Oikos, 1994, 71, 355-366.
8. Lehmkuhl, J. F. and Ruggiero, L. F., Forest fragmentation in the Pacific Northwest and its potential effects on wildlife. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Olympia, Washington, DC, 1991.
9. Roy, P. S. and Tomar, S., Landscape cover dynamics pattern in Meghalaya. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 2001, 22, 3813-3825.
10. Mertens, B. and Lambin, E. F., Spatial modelling of deforestation in southern Cameroon. Appl. Geogr., 1997, 17, 143-162.
11. Roy, P. S., Tomar, S. and Jeganathan, C., Biodiversity characterisation at landscape level using satellite remote sensing. NNRMS Bull., 1997, B21, 12-18.
12. Laurance, W. F., Laurance, S. G. and Delamonica, P., Tropical forest fragmentation and greenhouse gas emissions. For. Ecol. Manage., 1998, 110, 173-180.
13. Corderio, N. J. and Howe, H. F., Forest fragmentation severs mutualism between seed dispersers and an endemic African tree. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2003, 100, 14052-14056.
14. Ferraz, G., Russell, G. J., Stouffer, P. C., Bierregaard Jr, R. O., Pimm, S. L. and Lovejoy, T. E., Rates of species loss from Amazonian forest fragments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2003, 100, 14069-14073.
15. Riitters, K., Wickham, J. and Coulston, J., Use of road maps in national assessment of forest fragmentation in United States. Ecol. Soc., 2004, 9, 13; http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art13
16. Ritters, K. H. and Coulston, J. W., Hot spots of perforated forest in the eastern United States. Environ. Manage., 2005, 35, 483-492.
17. Roy, P. S., Padalia, H., Chauhan, N., Porwal, M. C., Gupta, S., Biswas, S. and Jagdale, R., Validation of geospatial model for biodiversity characterization at landscape level: a study in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Ecol. Model., 2005, 185, 349-369.
18. Champion, H. G. and Seth, S. K., A Revised Survey of the Forest Types of India, Manager of Publications, Government of India, 1968.
19. Ravan, S. A., Roy, P. S. and Sharma, C. M., Accuracy evaluation of digital classification of Landsat TM data: an approach to include phenological stages of tropical dry deciduous forest. Int. J. Ecol. Environ. Sci., 1997, 22, 33-43.
20. Roy, P. S. et al., Biodiversity Characterization at Landscape Level: National Assessment, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, 2012, p. 140.
21. Forman, T. T. R. and Godron, M., Landscape Ecology, Wiley and Sons, New York, 1986.
22. Utkarsh, G., Josh, N. V. and Gadgil, M., On the patterns of tree diversity in the Western Ghats of India. Curr. Sci., 1998, 75, 594-603.
23. Menon, A. and Vadivelu, G. A., Common property resources in different agro-climatic landscapes in India. Conserv. Soc., 2006, 4, 132-154.
24. Roy, P. S. and Tomar, S., Biodiversity characterization at landscape level using geospatial-modelling technique. Biol. Conserv., 2000, 95, 95-109.
25. Conservation International 2011; http://www.conservation.org/where/priority_areas/hotspots/asia-pacific/Western-Ghats-and-Sri-Lanka/Pages/default.aspx (accessed on 26 July 2012).
26. Tripathi, R. S. and Barik, S. K., Shifting cultivation in North East India. In Approaches for Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Hill and Mountain Ecosystems (ed. Bhatt et al.), ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, 2003, pp. 317-322.
27. Bawa, K. S., Joseph, G. and Setty, S., Poverty, biodiversity and institutions in forest-agriculture ecotones in the Western Ghats and eastern Himalaya ranges of India. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ., 2007, 121, 287-295.
28. Ives, J. D. and Messerli, B., The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation, Routledge, London, 1989.
29. Anthwal, A., Sharma, R. C. and Sharma, A., Sacred groves: traditional way of conserving plant diversity in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal. J. Am. Sci., 2006, 2, 35-43.
30. Drohan, P. J., Brittingham, M., Bishop, J. and Yoder, K., Early trends in land cover change and forest fragmentation due to shalegas development in Pennsylvania: A potential outcome for the Northcentral Appalachians. Environ. Manage., 2012, 49, 1061-1075.
31. Forman, T. T. and Sperling, D., Road Ecology: Science and Solutions, Island Press, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 481.