Towards effective conservation planning: integrating landscape modelling to safeguard the future of the endangered Kashmir musk deer in the face of land use change

Towards effective conservation planning: integrating landscape modelling to safeguard the future of the endangered Kashmir musk deer in the face of land use change

Human expansion and anthropogenic activities are causing the conversion of forests to other land uses in the Himalayas, which is threatening species with extinction. To address this issue, we used an ensemble model to simulate the future landscape and assess its impact on the Kashmir Musk Deer (KMD)...

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Main Authors: Amira Sharief, Vineet Kumar, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Hemant Singh, Saurav Bhattacharjee, Ritam Dutta, Shahid Ahmad Dar, Chinnasamy Ramesh, Catherine H. Graham, Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
land use simulation
habitat suitability
fragmentation
Kashmir musk deer
Western Himalayas
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1239905/full

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