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- W4313225118 abstract "Abstract Human-wildlife coexistence has increasingly been known for providing diverse ecological services to humans. However, the global repercussions of the Anthropocene epoch have changed the status and future of human-wildlife relationships. In this paper, we shed light on the significance of a positive attitude towards sharing space with animals in identifying and managing both conflict and ecological aspects of human-wildlife interactions in an agrarian landscape. We tried to understand how interactions between meso-carnivores like jungle cats (Felis chaus) and humans influence their survival in dense human populations. We evaluate the abundance and habitat use by jungle cats seasonally and diet, as well as their interactions with farmers in West Bengal, India. The mean encounter rate of jungle cats was assessed and used as a proxy for their abundance. Using a combination of direct sign surveys, we found that the habitat preference and seasonal distribution of jungle cats were influenced by the change in seasons with respect to different habitats. Our results indicate that jungle cats were more associated with human settlements during the monsoon. Scat analysis revealed the dominance of rodents in the diets of jungle cats. This activity helps to control the rodent population from destroying crops. However, our interactions with farmers showed their negative attitude towards the species due to the instances of livestock (poultry birds) depredation. We suggest that, more interdisciplinary researches are required to address how affectively socioeconomic structures shape up positive human-wildlife interaction. Planning and implementation of conservation education programmes are also necessary to help people for understanding the economic and ecological benefits provided by jungle cats and other wide-ranging carnivores.We chose an agrarian landscape to evaluate threats to jungle cats and their persistence with humans.The encounter rate of jungle cats indicated that the intensity of habitat use varies seasonally in different natural surroundings.People had a generally negative perception of jungle cats, despite the fact that they have been found to feed primarily on rodents in farmlands.KEY WORDS: agrarian landscapeFelis chausecosystem servicesabundancehabitat useco-existencefarmers’ perceptions AcknowledgementsWe are thankful to the West Bengal Forest Department for giving permission for the study. We also thank Dr Bappaditya Mandal, the Principal of Sonamukhi College, Bankura for providing us with all the necessary facilities during laboratory work. We thank Dr Shamita Kumar, the Vice Principal of BVIEER, Pune. We are especially thankful to Mr Ajay Ghosh, Mr Prakash Ghosh, Mr Utpal Hazra, Mr Buddhadeb Ghosh, Mr Barid Baran Mahato, Mr Swapnil Girade, and Mr Shuvadip Adhikari for their kindness and continuous help during the study period. We thank Dr Mewa Singh, Dr H.N. Kumara and Dr Arijit Pal for reviewing an earlier version of the manuscript. We are thankful to anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and inputs in improving this manuscript.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Author contributionS. Mahato conceived and designed the study, accomplished the survey and completed the data collection. T. Ghosh and S.K. Sinha contributed to data collection, and helped to prepare the Appendix. S. Mahato analysed the data and wrote the manuscript. K. Yardi and E. Bharucha supervised the study and revised the manuscript and provided support for the discussion of the results. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript." @default.
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- W4313225118 title "Jungle cat (<i>Felis chaus</i>) in farmlands: potential benefits of coexistence and human-wildlife conflicts in West Bengal, India" @default.
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