Population and distribution mapping of dispersed Asiatic wild ass in human dominated landscape using remote sensing & GIS.

Divyarajsinh Parmar¹ , Chintan Pathak² , Aditya Vora³

1. CU Shah University, Faculty of Sciences (Physics), Wadhwan, Gujarat, India.
2. Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
3. Gujarat University, Dept. of Physics, Gujarat, India.

Correspondence should be addressed to: divyarajsinhji@gmail.com.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.6 , Issue.1 , pp.10-14, Feb-2018

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrpas/v6i1.1014

Online published on Feb 28, 2018

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Abstract :
Presence of wild animal in the farmlands (human dominated landscape) is observed at various places due to various reasons. Asiatic Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur) is aboriginal inhabitant of Little Rann of Kutchchh (LRK), Gujarat state, India. But today (Jan’2018), it is well seen as far as 80 -100 km away from nearest fringe of its actual habitat. In this research paper, we have mapped population and distribution through the data of 10 years using Remote sensing and GIS in context to Asiatic wild ass in a selected patch of farmlands near Surendranagar town, Gujarat state, India. Geo-spacial techniques are much useful in analysis and mapping of wildlife in human dominated areas. ArcGIS and QGIS software were used for map preparation. Such maps are helpful to understand adaptation strategies of wild animals in human dominated areas. Study of movement maps of animal help us to understand the reasons of dispersal. It helps conservationist to mitigate the dispersal of wild animal in future.

Key-Words / Index Term :
QGIS, Asiatic Wild Ass, Equus hemionus khur, Remote sensing, Dispersion, Man-Animal conflict, Little Rann of Kutchchh, LRK

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