Unveiling the Hidden Causes: Identifying the Drivers of Human-Elephant Conflict in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, Southern India.

ABSTRACT: Since the human population is growing beyond the earth's ability to sustain it, more people are being brought into contact with wildlife, leading to increasing human-wildlife conflict. The Asian elephant, a wide-ranging megaherbivore, is being increasingly threatened by human-elephant conflict [HEC]. Its conservation depends on identifying the causes of HEC and implement measure to mitigate the HEC effectively. We studied the drivers of HEC among five forest divisions in Western Ghats, India, that support a high density of elephants across Asia. Comparing the last six years' data on HEC with 26 ecological covariates in the GLMM framework, we identified spatiotemporal variations and drivers of crop, and property damages and human casualties. Spatially, HEC was highest in the territorial div

SUBMITTER: Baskaran N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11590974 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature