Assessing and managing the rising rhino population in Kaziranga (India)

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 66; pp. 55 - 64
• Main Authors: Cédric, Gaucherel, Neha, Pandey, Roshan, Puranik, Uttam, Saika, Rajendra, Garawad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2016; Elsevier
• Subjects: animals; biogeography; carrying capacity; CMP method; flagship species; grasslands; Habitat preference; habitats; India; Life Sciences; mathematical models; monitoring; national parks; One-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis); Population dynamics; Rhinoceros; Rhinoceros unicornis; Spatial analysis; trade; wildlife; Wildlife management; India; India, Assam; Africa; Spatial analysis; CMP method; Population dynamics; Wildlife management; Habitat preference; One-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)

•We study the dynamics of the largest population of unicorn rhino, in Kaziranga India.•We propose a new spatial analysis to map the species preferences in its landscape.•Grasslands appear stable in the park core area and variable in peripheral areas.•This growing population is healthy and urgently n...