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The movement of tiger since 2014, has been noticed to have changed altitudinally. The reason for the change can be change in climatic condition, home range benefits, lower competition and prey abundance. However, the shift has also gained research question towards their occupancy status in the high altitudes, fragmentation quantity. The study reveals that an occupancy probability of 64% ±0.0418. This gives a detailed understanding of the current status of tiger in high altitude of Himalaya, Uttarakhand. The fragmentation analysis highlights the issue of this region being highly fragmented and because of which human- tiger interaction might also increase. Till now no such happenings have been reported but the forest management and wildlife researcher look into it as a pinch point of concern. The connectivity between the landscape in the entire state is moderate with increased forest areas converted to small patches with reduced connection.
