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ArticleScientific reports2025

Habitat suitability and connectivity for clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Northeast India.

Bilal Habib, Srishti Gwal, Tribhuwan Singh, Rameshwar Ghade, Daniel Miranda, Burney Rosetta, Kunal Gokhale, Azam Khan, Radhika Jha, Govindan Veeraswami Gopi

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Bilal HabibDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India. bh@wii.gov.in.
Srishti GwalDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Tribhuwan SinghDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Rameshwar GhadeDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Daniel MirandaDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Burney RosettaDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Kunal GokhaleDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Azam KhanDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Radhika JhaDepartment of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.
Govindan Veeraswami GopiDepartment of Endangered Species Management, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India.

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The expansion of human activities poses a grave threat to the survival of the vulnerable clouded leopard. Absence of localized India-centric information on the distribution and connectivity for clouded leopards presents an obstacle to the implementation of conservation measures. This study aims to model the habitat suitability and connectivity of the species within the Northeastern region of India. Habitat suitability of the species was modelled using MaxEnt. The corridor connectivity was modelled using core habitat area and resistance surface raster with least cost path analysis and circuit theory. Various metrics such as current centrality, pinch-points, and linkage quality were calculated. MaxEnt model predicted ~ 7% of the total North-Eastern landscape of India under highly suitable habitat for the species. Major factors identified were distance from the protected area, human population density, percent forest cover, and forest loss. This analysis resulted in 30 core habitats which were treated as nodes in connectivity analysis. These were connected through 64 potential linkages. Centrality analysis revealed that the linkage between core habitats 9-12 (Dehing Patkai and Fakim) was the highest. The cumulative pinch-point analysis revealed bottlenecks in corridors between Namdapha NP to Intanki NP in Assam and Fakim WLS in Nagaland. These areas are vital for sustaining the overall connectivity of the populations across the landscape. Further habitat degradation in and around the pinch-points could cause significant disruption.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemFelidaeAnimalsIndiaPopulation DensityCircuit theoryLeast-cost pathwaysLinkage mapperPinch-pointsResistance surface

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