Climate and land use changes shift the distribution and dispersal of two umbrella species in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

Y Dai, G Peng, C Wen, B Zahoor, X Ma… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss from climate and land use change is a global occurrence, but is of particular
concern in more prominent biodiverse and sensitive areas such as the Hindu Kush …

Projected shifts in the distribution range of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in the Hindu Kush Himalaya due to climate change

B Zahoor, X Liu, L Kumar, Y Dai, BR Tripathy… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is one of the main threats to many vulnerable species, including the Asiatic
black bear (Ursus thibetnus), due to disruption in biological and ethological responses …

Modeling climate change impacts on the distribution of an endangered brown bear population in its critical habitat in Iran

MR Ashrafzadeh, R Khosravi, A Mohammadi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change is one of the major challenges to the current conservation of biodiversity.
Here, by using the brown bear, Ursus arctos, in the southernmost limit of its global …

Impact of climate change on Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and its autumn diet in the northern highlands of Pakistan

B Zahoor, X Liu, B Ahmad, L Kumar… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Approximately 20%–30% of plant and animal species are at risk of extinction by the
end of the 21st century owing to climate change. Range shifts and range contractions in …

Projected climate change threatens Himalayan brown bear habitat more than human land use

SA Dar, SK Singh, HY Wan, V Kumar… - Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and land use change jointly are the largest drivers of population declines,
range contraction and extinction for many species across the globe. Wide‐ranging and large …

Adaptive spatial planning of protected area network for conserving the Himalayan brown bear

T Mukherjee, LK Sharma, V Kumar, A Sharief… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large mammals that occur in low densities, particularly in the high-altitude areas, are
globally threatened due to fragile climatic and ecological envelopes. Among bear species …

Decreasing brown bear (Ursus arctos) habitat due to climate change in Central Asia and the Asian Highlands

J Su, A Aryal, IM Hegab, UB Shrestha… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Around the world, climate change has impacted many species. In this study, we used
bioclimatic variables and biophysical layers of Central Asia and the Asian Highlands …

Modeling of habitat suitability of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus) in Iran in future

A Farashi, M Erfani - Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2018 - Elsevier
Future changes in climate are imminent and they threat endangered and rare species due to
habitat destruction. The Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus) is a rare and …

Predicting the distributions of predator (snow leopard) and prey (blue sheep) under climate change in the Himalaya

A Aryal, UB Shrestha, W Ji, SB Ale… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Future climate change is likely to affect distributions of species, disrupt biotic interactions,
and cause spatial incongruity of predator–prey habitats. Understanding the impacts of future …

Future climate and habitat distribution of Himalayan Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster)

P Lamsal, L Kumar, A Aryal, K Atreya - Ecological Informatics, 2018 - Elsevier
Change in future climate will either expand, contract or shift the climatic niche of many
species and this could lead to shifting of their geographical ranges. Species distribution …