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@article{192553,
        author = {Abhijit B Mane and Vijaykumar S. Gadekar},
        title = {INTERACTION BETWEEN LAND-USE / LAND-COVER CHANGE AND CLIMATE TRENDS: A CASE STUDY ON HERPETOFAUNA IN SEMI ARID SOLAPUR DISTRICT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {1488-1497},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192553},
        abstract = {This study investigates the combined effects of land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics and local climate variability on herpetofaunal diversity and habitat suitability within four tehsils of Solapur District, a semi arid region of Maharashtra, India. Remote sensing data (e.g. Landsat series) were used to map key LULC classes such as water, developed, barren, forest and planted / cultivated over a two-years period 2021–2022. Land cover transitions including woody plant encroachment into former grasslands and cropland expansion were quantified using supervised classification and change detection techniques. Climate analysis employed regional climatological datasets to detect trends in variables including maximum /minimum temperature and precipitation seasonality.
The herpetofaunal survey, carried out across representative habitat types, documented species richness, relative abundance, and occupancy across gradient of land covers. Statistical models were used to correlate distribution patterns and community metrics with LULC transition intensity and climatic trend indices.},
        keywords = {Herpatofauna, ArcGIS, LULC, Species richness, Correlation.},
        month = {February},
        }