Riverine Realities: Evaluating Climate Change Impacts on Habitat Dynamics of the Critically Endangered Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in the Indian Landscape
Animals,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(6), P. 896 - 896
Published: March 20, 2025
The
endemic
and
critically
endangered
gharial,
Gavialis
gangeticus,
experienced
a
severe
population
decline
in
its
range.
However,
conservation
efforts,
notably
through
the
implementation
of
“Project
Crocodile”
India,
have
led
to
significant
recovery
population.
present
study
employs
an
ensemble
Species
Distribution
Model
(SDM)
delineate
suitable
habitats
for
G.
gangeticus
under
current
future
climatic
scenarios
understand
impact
climate
change.
model
estimates
that
46.85%
area
occupancy
is
scenario,
with
this
projected
increase
by
145.16%
conditions.
States
such
as
Madhya
Pradesh,
Uttar
Assam
are
experience
habitat
suitability,
whereas
Odisha
Rajasthan
anticipated
face
declines.
recommends
conducting
ground-truthing
ecological
assessments
using
advanced
technologies
genetic
analyses
validate
viability
newly
identified
Lower
Ganges,
Mahanadi,
Brahmaputra
River
systems.
These
areas
should
be
prioritized
within
Protected
Area
network
potential
translocation
sites
allocation.
Collaborative
efforts
between
IUCN-SSC
Crocodile
Specialist
Group
stakeholders
vital
prioritizing
implementing
site-specific
interventions
protect
highly
threatened
gharial
wild.
Language: Английский
Eco-Spatial Modeling of Two Giant Flying Squirrels (Sciuridae: Petaurista): Navigating Climate Resilience and Conservation Roadmap in the Eastern Himalaya and Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspots
Life,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(4), P. 589 - 589
Published: April 3, 2025
Global
warming
and
anthropogenic
threats
are
significant
drivers
of
biodiversity
loss,
particularly
impacting
smaller
mammalian
species.
Hence,
this
study
assessed
two
overlooked
giant
flying
squirrel
species,
Petaurista
magnificus
nobilis,
distributed
across
the
transboundary
regions
Eastern
Himalayas
Indo-Burma
hotspots.
Utilizing
a
maximum
entropy
(MaxEnt)
species
distribution
model,
delineated
suitable
habitats
within
IUCN-defined
extent
both
based
on
modeling
approaches:
habitat–climate
model
(HCM)
climate-only
(COM).
The
models
identified
habitat
coverage
only
3.92%
3.75%
(COM)
for
P.
14.17%
10.04%
nobilis.
However,
as
HCM
integrates
environmental
variables,
providing
more
holistic
assessment,
it
revealed
limited
biological
corridor
connectivity
Furthermore,
future
projections
indicate
loss
up
to
81.90%
89.88%
nobilis
due
climate
change,
alongside
severe
fragmentation,
leading
disappearance
viable
patches.
These
remaining
patches
expected
shrink
become
increasingly
isolated
in
change.
centroid
shift
analyses
predict
northwestward
westward
under
different
scenarios.
address
these
conservation
challenges,
underscores
necessity
extensive
field
surveys,
genetic
assessments,
evaluations,
establishment
frameworks
formulate
an
evidence-based
management
strategy
Language: Английский
Climate change and conservation strategies for the Anhui musk deer: habitat suitability and climate refuges in the Dabie Mountains
Landscape Ecology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
40(5)
Published: May 5, 2025
Language: Английский
Forecasting Suitable Habitats of the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) in Asia: Insights into the Present and Future Climate Projections Within and Beyond Extant Boundaries
Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(11), P. 902 - 902
Published: Nov. 5, 2024
Terrestrial
carnivores,
such
as
the
clouded
leopard
(
Language: Английский
Shifting shadows: Assessing the habitat and climate change response of binturong (Arctictis binturong) in the conservation landscape of the Asian continent
Ecological Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
85, P. 102941 - 102941
Published: Dec. 8, 2024
Language: Английский
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments
Avian Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100221 - 100221
Published: Dec. 1, 2024
Language: Английский