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Classification of Snow Leopard habitat in Mt. Everest National Park

Classification of Snow Leopard habitat in Mt. Everest National Park. Sujhav Pun & Martin Gordon. Background. Snow leopards disappeared in the 1960's but in the late 1980’s anecdotal reports noted their return. Very elusive Altitudinal home range 3500-5500m

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Classification of Snow Leopard habitat in Mt. Everest National Park

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  1. Classification of Snow Leopard habitat in Mt. Everest National Park Sujhav Pun & Martin Gordon

  2. Background • Snow leopards disappeared in the 1960's but in the late 1980’s anecdotal reports noted their return. • Very elusive • Altitudinal home range 3500-5500m • Prefer low elevation, close to rivers, away from humans and less snowfall, prefer exposed rocky areas • Need for identifying ideal habitat

  3. Study Area • Mt. Everest National Park (Sagarmatha) • Elevation ranges from 2,810m to 8,848m at the summit of Everest • 443.2 sq miles in area • WGS 84, UTM 45N

  4. Methods • Identify cover types • Unsupervised Classification • Supervised classification - identify all possible features based on image interpretation • Supervised classification - identify vegetation types based on ecological data • Use ecological data to ID cover types

  5. Continued • Literature analysis needed to identify • Ideal leopard habitat • Prey species habitat

  6. Raw Data

  7. True color R/G/B = 3/2/1

  8. Custom = R/G/B = 4/3/2

  9. Unsupervised Classification

  10. Supervised classification

  11. Supervised classification - Forest Types

  12. Conclusion • Good for researchers and policy makers • More data needed

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