Linking Spatio-Temporal Land Cover Change to Biodiversity Conservation in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Linking Spatio-Temporal Land Cover Change to Biodiversity Conservation in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Land cover change has been one of the major drivers of change leading to an alteration of critical habitats for many of the threatened species worldwide. Species with a narrow range and specialized habitats such as wetland ecosystems are at higher risk. The present paper describes spatial and tempor...

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Main Authors: Sunita Chaudhary, Eklabya Sharma, Kabir Uddin, Nakul Chettri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-05-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
Land cover classification
ecosystems
threatened species
habitat mapping
remote sensing
GIS
Koshi Tappu
Nepal
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/5/2/335

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