Journal of Geographical Sciences

Impacts of anthropogenic activities on habitat fragmentation and their spatial heterogeneity in the Himalayas

LI Jiaming, LIU Jiachuan

Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2026, 36(4): 943-962. DOI: 10.1007/s11442-026-2477-x

		Expansion of human activities			Natural conditions
		Changes in cropland	Changes in artificial land	Population change	Altitude	Slope	Changes in rainfall
2000- 2010	The impact excluding interaction with suitability	0.0005	0.0020	0.0016	0.0014	0.0006	0.0033
2000- 2010	The impact considering interaction with suitability	0.0087	0.0054	0.0041	0.0030	0.0040	0.0112
2010- 2020	The impact excluding interaction with suitability	0.0004	0.0004	0.0003	0.0070	0.0026	0.0016
2010- 2020	The impact considering interaction with suitability	0.0064	0.0065	0.0060	0.0074	0.0124	0.0132

Table 7 Comparative analysis of the suitability interactions for forest fragmentation

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Figure 1 Location of the study area (the Himalayas)
Figure 2 Analytical framework
Table 1 Habitat fragmentation index (HFI) of ecological land in different regions from 2000 to 2020
Table 2 Ecological land occupied by the expansion of anthropogenic activities on the southern margin of the Himalayas by country from 2000 to 2020 (%)
Figure 3 Proportion of ecological land loss types on the southern margin of the Himalayas by country from 2000 to 2020
Figure 4 Forestland and grassland fragmentation in 2020
Figure 5 Classification of human activity factors in 2020
Figure 6 Classification of natural factors in 2020
Table 3 Effects on forest fragmentation
Table 4 Effects on grassland fragmentation
Table 5 The effects of changes in anthropogenic activities and natural conditions on forest fragmentation
Table 6 The effects of changes in anthropogenic activities and natural conditions on grassland fragmentation
Table 8 Comparative analysis of the suitability interactions for grassland fragmentation