Man-elephant conflict : a case study from forests in West Bengal, India /

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Author / Creator:Das Chatterjee, Nilanjana, author.
Imprint:Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Springer briefs in environmental science
SpringerBriefs in environmental science.
Subject:Elephants -- India -- West Bengal.
Human-animal relationships -- India -- West Bengal.
Elephants -- Effect of human beings on.
NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
Conservation of wildlife & habitats.
Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing.
Animal ecology.
Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques.
Plant ecology.
Environmental management.
Elephants.
Human-animal relationships.
India -- West Bengal.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11267191
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ISBN:9783319311623
331931162X
3319311611
9783319311616
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book sheds new light on the causes and consequences of elephant migration in the Panchet Forest Division of Bankura District in West Bengal, India- an area characterized by fragmented forested landscape modified by agriculture and settlement expansion. Anthropogenic activities result in the decline in quality and coverage of forests, loss of biodiversity and removal of forest corridors which ultimately restrict or modify the movement of elephants causing a forceful change of their habitats. A major objective of this monograph is to identify the characteristics of man?elephant conflicts in terms of land use change, cropping patterns, ecological characteristics of the fragmented dry deciduous forest, trends and patterns of elephant migration, and livelihood patterns of the inhabitants in the affected areas. Readers will discover insights into changes in the behavioral pattern of elephants and local people in the conflict ridden zones, and how this influences food selection. Through this book we also learn about rational management strategies that can be employed on the local and national level to mitigate human-elephant conflicts. Ecologists, landscape conservation planners and environmental managers engaged in the conservation of large vertebrates in fragmenting an d human-dominated landscapes will find this book valuable.
Other form:Print version: Das Chatterjee, Nilanjana. Man-elephant conflict. [Place of publication not identified] : Springer, 2016 3319311611