Wildlife Habitat Suitability Analysis at Serengeti National Park (SNP), Tanzania Case Study Loxodonta sp

A study on elephant habitat suitability in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, identified that open tree areas with 65-40% crown cover and forests are the most critical habitats for elephants, providing essential protection, resting, and feeding zones. The research used a combination of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to map and weight five key habitat factors: rivers, roads, forests, woodlands, and grasslands/bush lands. This method successfully generated a thematic map highlighting suitable elephant habitats, addressing the challenges posed by habitat loss, fragmentation, and human-wildlife conflicts due to encroachment, poaching, and commercial agriculture. The findings underscore the importance of forest conservation for long-term elephant survival and suggest that this approach can be replicated in similar environments.

Sanare, J. E., & Ganawa, E. S. (2015). Wildlife Habitat Suitability Analysis at Serengeti National Park (SNP), Tanzania Case Study Loxodonta sp. Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography, 05(03). https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7625.1000164