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 …

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 …

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 …

Identifying climate refugia and its potential impact on Tibetan brown bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) in Sanjiangyuan National Park, China

Y Dai, CE Hacker, Y Zhang, W Li, Y Zhang… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change has direct impacts on wildlife and future biodiversity protection efforts.
Vulnerability assessment and habitat connectivity analyses are necessary for drafting …

Expanding or shrinking? range shifts in wild ungulates under climate change in Pamir-Karakoram mountains, Pakistan

H Ali, JU Din, L Bosso, S Hameed, M Kabir, M Younas… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is expected to impact a large number of organisms in many ecosystems,
including several threatened mammals. A better understanding of climate impacts on …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying stable and overlapping habitats for a predator (common leopard) and prey species (Himalayan grey goral & Himalayan grey langur) in northern …

B Zahoor, M Songer, X Liu, Q Huang, Y Dai - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming due to anthropogenic activities has alarming effects on biodiversity. It could
negatively impact the interactions between predators and their prey by shifting or eliminating …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Will climate change impact distribution of bats in Nepal Himalayas? A case study of five species

S Thapa, S Baral, Y Hu, Z Huang, Y Yue… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Nepal Himalayas combine Oriental and Sino-Japanese zoogeographic realms as
well as those of the eastern and western Himalayas. Physiography coupled with the diverse …

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 …

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 …