Prioritising river stretches using multi-modelling habitat suitability of Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) as a flagship species for aquatic biodiversity conservation in the Ganga River Basin, India

Prioritising river stretches using multi-modelling habitat suitability of Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) as a flagship species for aquatic biodiversity conservation in the Ganga River Basin, India

Globally, the river ecosystems are threatened due to human-driven exploitation and indiscriminate resource use. The rate of species loss is a magnitude higher in these ecosystems, hence, identifying conservation priority areas as refugia, using the flagship-cum-indicator species approach can aid in...

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Main Authors: Goura Chandra Das, Surya Prasad Sharma, Sk Zeeshan Ali, Saurav Gawan, Aftab Alam Usmani, Arkojyoti Sarkar, Suyash Katdare, Ajay Rawat, Pichaimuthu Gangaimaran, Ashish Kumar Panda, Umang Agnihotri, Aishwarya Ramachandran, Srijani Guha, Shivani Barthwal, Jeyaraj Antony Johnson, Ruchi Badola, Syed Ainul Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
Subjects:
River conservation
Indicator species
Population estimation
Ecological modelling
Conservation prioritisation
River basin management
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22011530

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