Estimating green peafowl status and distribution in Thailand and understand the threat and benefit of their interaction with human

Southeast Asia has the highest rate of forest loss of any tropical region in the world. The major cause of habitat conversion is human demand for natural resources such as timber logging and land for agriculture and urban development such as roads and dams/reservoirs.  Such activities decrease the available habitats for wildlife leading to the reduction of species/genetic diversity and effect on demographics, distribution, abundance, nest survival including local species extinction as well as increase the conflict between humans and wildlife. This research, we evaluated hypotheses on the quality of forest habitat (undisturbed and protected forest), as well as disturbance level (closer or farther to forest edge), are influencing the density and survival of the endangered green peafowl population. Moreover, the type of plantation (e.g. teaks that characterize similar to open forest habitat) influences habitat selection by the peafowls compares to other types of plantation.