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- Title
Evaluation of habitat suitability models for four sympatric ungulate species in Pathri Rao Watershed adopting geo-statistical modelling.
- Authors
Habib, Bilal; Dar, Tanweer A.; Khan, Jamal A.; Kushwaha, S. P. S.
- Abstract
We report here the habitat suitability for four sympatric ungulate species, viz. sambar (Cervus unicolour), nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), chital (Axis axis) and goral (Nemorhaedus goral) in Pathri Rao Watershed area using geo-statistical analysis and geospatial tools. All the four sympatric ungulate species showed temporal isolation to exploit the resources on ecological niche axis. A total of 25.74%, 37.94%, 18.80% and 37.07% of habitat were found highly suitable to suitable for sambar, nilgai, chital and goral respectively. Niche overlap analysis and seasonal occupancy data were used to cross-tabulate the absolute habitat occupancy by the animals. The habitat suitability information was found to be 89.73%, 74.21%, 78.63% and 96.43% accurate for sambar, nilgai, chital and goral respectively.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICAL models of habitats; UNGULATES; NILGAI; AXIS axis; GORALS; SAMBAR; ECOLOGICAL niche
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2010, Vol 99, Issue 4, p500
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article