Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management

This book presents research on landscape ecology and the  relationship between humans and wildlife. It helps readers understand  how ecological patterns and processes are interconnected. This research  illustrates and proposes (practicable) management strategies toward  long-term ecological restoration and mitigation of consequences of  conflict. 

Increasing wildlife activities in  localities and forest fringes are an alarming issue. Ecological  processes like movement, colonization, extinction and conflict issues  depend on the landscape and ecological activities, the movement for  example of migratory elephants and their colonization not only affects  society but the wildlife and biodiversity too. Strategic management  measures can contribute to enriching the biodiversity, habitat quality  as well as landscape, while minimizing human-wildlife conflicts. This  book describes landscape ecological patterns and processes, habitat  dominancy, habitat dependency, suitability, connectivity and corridor  selection. To synthesize these patterns and processes, several  ecological indices are used. Use of geo-spatial techniques improves  future management strategies for similar circumstances, especially,  related to forest regeneration and forest restoration.

This  book provides a concise overview to a wide range of readers including  postgraduate students, researcher, academics, landscape planners,  decision makers and even local populations. The techniques and  management strategies described should help planners to improve forest  management, by implementing quality enhancement programs such as  plantation area selection and corridor selection.