Wildlife Habitat Evaluation

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Author(s): Peeyush Gupta (Intergraph SG & I India Pvt. Ltd., India)and Swati Goyal (Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, India)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 7
Source title: Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS Applications in Earth and Environmental Studies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Abhisek Santra (Haldia Institute of Technology, India)and Shreyashi Santra Mitra (Haldia Institute of Technology, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1814-3.ch013

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Geographic Information Systems / Information Science Reference / Sensor Technologies

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Abstract

Before an individual can evaluate wildlife habitat and make management recommendations, some basic concepts about habitat and its relationships to different wildlife species should be understood. In this chapter, some of the basic concepts will be described; mainly analyzing of habitat alterations, landscape analysis, networking and creation of corridor between protected areas, wildlife habitat suitability analysis using Remote Sensing & GIS. Since most of the contest will be based on these concepts. Like other natural resource fields, wildlife management is both an art and science that deals with complex interactions in the environment. This means that management includes art or judgment based on experience as well as sound factual information based on scientific studies.

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