Exploring Habitat Preferences, Suitability, and Illegal Trade Routes of Indian Pangolins in Western Pakistan: Implications for Conservation

Tariq Ahmad; Arshad Ali; Muhammad Farooq; Bo Li; Sayantani M. Basak; Tika Ram Poudel; Khuzin Dinislam

doi:10.1002/ece3.72610

Exploring Habitat Preferences, Suitability, and Illegal Trade Routes of Indian Pangolins in Western Pakistan: Implications for Conservation

Tariq Ahmad
, Arshad Ali
, Muhammad Farooq
, Bo Li
, Sayantani M. Basak
, Tika Ram Poudel
, Khuzin Dinislam

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Original language	English
Article number	e72610
Number of pages	18
Journal	Ecology and Evolution
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72610
Publication status	Published - 9 Jan 2026

UN SDGs

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SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Indian pangolin
MaxEnt
Random Forest
Support Vector Machine
Conservation
Ensemble modeling
Habitat preferences
Habitat suitability
Illegal poaching

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