The high altitude wildlife areas of western Arunachal Pradesh

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Chapter 2 References 1. IUCN. (2003) Summary statistics for globally threatened species. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available from http://www.redlist.org/info/tables/table1.html (accessed 15/7/2003). 2. Datta, A. (2002) Status of hornbills and hunting of wildlife in Lohit, Changlang and Tirap districts of eastern Arunachal Pradesh. Report submitted to the Wildlife Conservation Society, NY, and India-Program and the Forest Department of Arunachal Pradesh. 3. Mishra, C., Allen, P., McCarthy, T., Madhusudan, M.D., Bayarjargal, A. & Prins, H.H.T. (2003) The role of incentive programs in conserving the snow leopard Uncia uncia. Conservation Biology, 17, 1512-1523. 18
Mapping Chapter 3 Vegetation and wildlife habitat mapping in the high altitudes of Western Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya Vegetation and topography together make up the basic ecological template defining the distribution and abundance of wildlife. In this chapter, we use ground data in conjunction with satellite imageries for the survey region to map different vegetation types represented in the higher elevations (> 2750 m) of Tawang and West Kameng districts. We also use these vegetation maps together with the information on mammal species richness (Chapter 2) and topography to delineate the tentative boundaries of the proposed high altitude wildlife reserve. We have provided the details of the field-methods, analytical techniques, and technical results of the mapping exercise in Appendix 5. Vegetation types and mapping Based on broad structural and compositional characteristics, the vegetation and landscape of the survey sites (elevational range < 2750 m) was classified into the following broad types: a) Permafrost (PMF): An elevation of 5250 m largely represented the upper limit for vegetation growth. Most areas above this elevation consisted of barren rocky or scree slopes and glaciers, and were classified as permafrost in our mapping exercise. We obtained locations using a GPS (top left) and took detailed notes on the vegetation. The higher elevations were dominated by High Altitude Grassy Meadows (top right) and Dwarf Rhododendron Meadows (below). 19
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