Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India

Abstract With a rise in human induced changes to natural habitats, large predators are forced to share space and resources with people to coexist within multiple-use landscapes. Within such shared landscapes, co-occurrence of humans and predators often leads to human-carnivore conflicts and pose a s...

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Autores principales:	Dipanjan Naha, Suraj Kumar Dash, Caitlin Kupferman, James C. Beasley, Sambandam Sathyakumar
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a28ccdeefdcf4377a1c02d8bdc639eae2021-12-02T12:11:50ZMovement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India10.1038/s41598-021-83262-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/a28ccdeefdcf4377a1c02d8bdc639eae2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83262-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract With a rise in human induced changes to natural habitats, large predators are forced to share space and resources with people to coexist within multiple-use landscapes. Within such shared landscapes, co-occurrence of humans and predators often leads to human-carnivore conflicts and pose a substantial challenge for biodiversity conservation. To better elucidate large carnivore space use within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts, we used GPS data for leopards (N = 6) to identify behavioral states and document spatial patterns of resource selection in response to season and human activity periods within a fragmented landscape of North Bengal, eastern India. We identified two major behavioral states (i.e. resting and travelling). From the resource selection models, we found leopards selected habitats with dense to moderate vegetation cover and proximity to water while resting and travelling within the landscape. During the dry season, when risk of human-leopard conflicts is highest, leopards selected tea plantations, forest patches but avoided protected areas. These results suggest a potential for increase in human-carnivore conflicts and a strategy to conserve large predators within multiple-use landscapes of South Asia.Dipanjan NahaSuraj Kumar DashCaitlin KupfermanJames C. BeasleySambandam SathyakumarNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Dipanjan Naha Suraj Kumar Dash Caitlin Kupferman James C. Beasley Sambandam Sathyakumar Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India
description	Abstract With a rise in human induced changes to natural habitats, large predators are forced to share space and resources with people to coexist within multiple-use landscapes. Within such shared landscapes, co-occurrence of humans and predators often leads to human-carnivore conflicts and pose a substantial challenge for biodiversity conservation. To better elucidate large carnivore space use within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts, we used GPS data for leopards (N = 6) to identify behavioral states and document spatial patterns of resource selection in response to season and human activity periods within a fragmented landscape of North Bengal, eastern India. We identified two major behavioral states (i.e. resting and travelling). From the resource selection models, we found leopards selected habitats with dense to moderate vegetation cover and proximity to water while resting and travelling within the landscape. During the dry season, when risk of human-leopard conflicts is highest, leopards selected tea plantations, forest patches but avoided protected areas. These results suggest a potential for increase in human-carnivore conflicts and a strategy to conserve large predators within multiple-use landscapes of South Asia.
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title	Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India
title_short	Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India
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Movement behavior of a solitary large carnivore within a hotspot of human-wildlife conflicts in India

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