Habitat Suitability Analysis of Chinkara, Gazella Bennetti in Rajasthan : A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach

Contents: Introduction: 1. Role of geo-informatics in animal resource management. 2. Remote sensing. I. Objectives of the study: 1. Background. II. Study area: Life support systems: 1. Climate. 2. Vegetation. 3. Forests. 4. Wastelands. 5. Protected areas. II. Man and his activities: 1. Administrative setup. 2. Land use pattern. 3. Population growth. 4. Infrastructure. 5. Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojna (IGNP). 6. Livestock. 7. Man-animal relationship. III. Target Species Chinkara or Indian Gazelle: 1. Past distribution. 2. Habitat requirement. 3. Brief biology and socio-biology. 4. Present distribution. IV. Methodology: 1. Ground truthing of Chinkara. 2. Creation of data base. 3. Digital image processing. 4. Spatial analysis/modeling. Results. Discussion. References. Annexure.