Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism
Wildlife assessments can provide crucial information regarding species richness, relative abundance and spatial, temporal, and ecological information on wildlife habitat associations. The assessment’s information can in turn be used for developing management policies including for establishing touri...
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| author | Hem Bahadur Katuwal Hari Basent Hari Prasad Sharma Sabina Koirala Bhaiya Khanal Kaustuv Raj Neupane Kul Bhadur Thapa Dibas Babu Panta Kanchan Parajuli Sandesh Lamichhane Mangkal Rai Tejab Pun Shruti Shakya Suraj Baral |
| author_facet | Hem Bahadur Katuwal Hari Basent Hari Prasad Sharma Sabina Koirala Bhaiya Khanal Kaustuv Raj Neupane Kul Bhadur Thapa Dibas Babu Panta Kanchan Parajuli Sandesh Lamichhane Mangkal Rai Tejab Pun Shruti Shakya Suraj Baral |
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| description | Wildlife assessments can provide crucial information regarding species richness, relative abundance and spatial, temporal, and ecological information on wildlife habitat associations. The assessment’s information can in turn be used for developing management policies including for establishing touristic zones. We investigated wildlife occurrences in the Chandragiri Hills, Kathmandu Nepal from 2015-2019 to provide baseline data to inform the potential sites for ecotourism. During the study period, we recorded 30 mammal species, 199 bird species, 34 herpetofauna species and 77 butterfly species. The area harbors three globally and six nationally threatened mammal species, two globally and seven nationally threatened with one endemic bird species, one globally and nationally threatened herpetofauna, and one nationally threatened butterfly species. We also explored four potential hiking routes for observing wildlife and providing scenic views of the Himalayan range and Kathmandu city. Therefore, we expect Chandragiri Hills can become one of the hot spot for tourists to observe both common and threatened wildlife species in Nepal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad232fb6251745e091e4fd48def9d0562024-01-02T14:38:51ZengUniversity of Kansas LibrariesEuropean Journal of Ecology1339-84742020-08-016110.17161/eurojecol.v6i1.13520Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourismHem Bahadur Katuwal0Hari BasentHari Prasad SharmaSabina KoiralaBhaiya KhanalKaustuv Raj NeupaneKul Bhadur ThapaDibas Babu PantaKanchan ParajuliSandesh LamichhaneMangkal RaiTejab PunShruti ShakyaSuraj Barala:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:39:"Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden";}Wildlife assessments can provide crucial information regarding species richness, relative abundance and spatial, temporal, and ecological information on wildlife habitat associations. The assessment’s information can in turn be used for developing management policies including for establishing touristic zones. We investigated wildlife occurrences in the Chandragiri Hills, Kathmandu Nepal from 2015-2019 to provide baseline data to inform the potential sites for ecotourism. During the study period, we recorded 30 mammal species, 199 bird species, 34 herpetofauna species and 77 butterfly species. The area harbors three globally and six nationally threatened mammal species, two globally and seven nationally threatened with one endemic bird species, one globally and nationally threatened herpetofauna, and one nationally threatened butterfly species. We also explored four potential hiking routes for observing wildlife and providing scenic views of the Himalayan range and Kathmandu city. Therefore, we expect Chandragiri Hills can become one of the hot spot for tourists to observe both common and threatened wildlife species in Nepal.https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/13520bird, butterfly, herpetofauna, hiking route, mammal, threatened species |
| spellingShingle | Hem Bahadur Katuwal Hari Basent Hari Prasad Sharma Sabina Koirala Bhaiya Khanal Kaustuv Raj Neupane Kul Bhadur Thapa Dibas Babu Panta Kanchan Parajuli Sandesh Lamichhane Mangkal Rai Tejab Pun Shruti Shakya Suraj Baral Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism European Journal of Ecology bird, butterfly, herpetofauna, hiking route, mammal, threatened species |
| title | Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism |
| title_full | Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism |
| title_fullStr | Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism |
| title_short | Wildlife assessment of the Chandragiri hills, Kathmandu: Potentiality for ecotourism |
| title_sort | wildlife assessment of the chandragiri hills kathmandu potentiality for ecotourism |
| topic | bird, butterfly, herpetofauna, hiking route, mammal, threatened species |
| url | https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/13520 |
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