Geo-Spatial Analysis of Forest Landscape for Wildlife Management

<p>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. </p><p>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 andcorridor 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.</p><p>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.</p><p></p>