Evaluation of Asian Elephant''s Habitat
亚洲象生境评价

This paper offers the means of assessing the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximusLinnaeus)'s habitat.Firstly, based on the field sampling invetigation, we use multivariateregression to quantitatively analyse the Asian elephant's habitat factors.Secondly,throughthe interpretation of the aerophotos and TM data, the theme information of elephant'shabitat was obtained and the database of geographic information system for habitat wasestablished. Thirdly,we used the SUN workstation ARC/INFO software to evaluate the habitat quality of elephant in Mengyang nature reserve of Xishuangbanna.Lastly, we put forward some measures and suggestions to improve the elephant's habitat to ensure the existence and propagation of Asian elephant.