A landscape perspective to primate crop raiding behaviour

Anand, Shaurabh and Rajani, M. B. and Radhakrishna, Sindhu (2025) A landscape perspective to primate crop raiding behaviour. Landscape Research. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0142-6397

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Abstract

Landscape structure drives wildlife crop-raiding, but specific landscape components operate variably at different spatial scales. We investigated landscape components that influence rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) crop-raiding at three different spatial scales – forest divisions, villages, farms – in Himachal Pradesh, northern India. We employed remote sensing and GIS techniques, household-level interviews, vegetation sampling and macaque behavioural observations to collect data. Our results showed that, at forest division level rhesus crop-raiding was associated with area under agriculture and evergreen vegetation; at village level it was related to area under scrub and deciduous vegetation; and at farm level it was linked to local vegetative biodiversity. A multi-scale approach reveals the differential impacts of landscape components on wildlife crop-raiding and cautions against generalising the role of landscape in wildlife conflicts. To reduce primate crop-raiding, we recommend a landscape management approach that improves structural and functional diversity of habitat and reviews farm management practices.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Anand, Shaurabh and Rajani, M. B. and Radhakrishna, Sindhu
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Land use land cover change, spatial scales, macaque, landscape management
Subjects:	Natural Sciences > Life sciences; biology > Ecology Natural Sciences > Animals (Zoology) Technology > Agriculture
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7534
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2025.2577932

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