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Geospatial modelling of overlapping habitats for identification of tiger corridor networks in the Terai Arc landscape of India / Nupur Rautela in Geocarto international, vol 37 n° 27 ([20/12/2022])  

Public [article]  inGeocarto international > vol 37 n° 27 [20/12/2022] . - pp 15114 - 15142 Titre : Geospatial modelling of overlapping habitats for identification of tiger corridor networks in the Terai Arc landscape of India Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Nupur Rautela, Auteur ; Saurabh Shanu, Auteur ; Alok Agarwal, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 15114 - 15142 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Analyse spatiale [Termes IGN] chevauchement [Termes IGN] corridor biologique [Termes IGN] faune locale [Termes IGN] graphe [Termes IGN] habitat animal [Termes IGN] Inde [Termes IGN] modélisation spatiale [Termes IGN] système complexe Résumé : (auteur) Wildlife corridors in a landscape include local vegetation, topography, prey base, water and are associated with isolated wildlife habitat patches. They facilitate maintenance of ecological structure and function as well as provide connectivity to faunal populations supporting genetic transfers, and are elements critical to wildlife management. In this work, habitat patches for tiger, both inside as well as outside of Protected Areas have been identified by developing a Habitat Suitability Index model utilizing Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System datasets for the Terai Arc landscape, India. By using a computational approach based on the framework of theory of complex networks, for exclusively pairwise interactions between the habitat patches, a potential tiger corridor network has been structurally identified and studied in this landscape. The interactions between these habitat patches on a spatial scale has been analyzed as a clique of the corridor network. Further, the Clique Percolation Method has been applied to detect overlapping communities of habitat patches in the landscape. The Cliques required for maintaining contiguity between the habitat patches in order to support tiger movement are validated using field observations of tiger communities within the landscape matrix. The model developed for identification of tiger corridors in this study could potentially be of a vital importance for wildlife stakeholders to better understand and manage tiger populations both within and outside of protected areas. The study also highlights Critical Habitat Patches and their importance in maintaining landscape connectivity for tiger dispersal in the landscape. Using a report published by the Government of India as a benchmark, the model presented in the work is found to have an accuracy of 90.73% in predicting tiger carrying patches and the corridor network in the focal landscape. Numéro de notice : A2022-933 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1080/10106049.2022.2095444 Date de publication en ligne : 14/07/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2095444 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102670 [article]