Habitat suitability analysis of Chinkara, Gazella bennetti in Rajasthan
Subtitle: a remote sensing and GIS approach
By: J.R.B. Alfred ... [et al.].
Contributors: Zoological Survey of India
Series: Rec. Zool. Surv. India -- occasional paper no. 189; Records of the Zoological Survey of India -- occasional paper no. 189.
Publisher: Zoological Survey of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kolkata
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Gazella; Habitat; Habitat suitability index models
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-33).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.0 INTRODUCTION .I; title: 1.1 Role of Geo-informatics in Animal Resource ManagementI; title: 1.2 Remote Sensing2; title: 2.0 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY5; title: 2.1 Background 5; title: 3.0 STUDY AREA 6; title: 3.1 Life Support Systems 6; title: 3.1.1 Climate; title: 3.1.2 Vegetation .; title: 3.1.3 Forests 8; title: 3.1.4 Wastelands 8; title: 3.1.5 Protected Areas 8; title: 8; title: 3.2 Man and his Activities 9; title: 3.2.1 Administrative Setup; title: 3.2.2 Land use 9; title: 3.2.3 Population Growth 10; title: 3.2.4 Infastructure .; title: 3.2.5 Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna (IGNP)10; title: 3.2.6 Livestock 10; title: 32.7 Man-Animal Relationship 10; title: 3.3 Target Species Chinkara or Indian Gazelle11; title: 3.3.1 Past distribution11; title: 3.3.2 Habitat Requirement12; title: 3.3.3 Brief Biology and Socio-biology112; title: 3.3.4 Present Distribution 13; title: 4.0 METHODOLOGY13; title: 4.1 Ground truthing of Chinkara 13; title: 4.2 Creation of database15; title: 4.3 Digital Image Processing15; title: 4.4 Spatial analysis/modeling 24; title: 5.0 RESULTS26; title: 6.0 DISCUSSION27; title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS32; title: REFERENCES 32; title: ANNEXURE34; title: PLATES43-73.