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Changes in land cover and vegetation driven by climate change and human activities can both affect habitat quality. Qinghai⁃Tibet Plateau has very high biodiversity and provides a habitat for numerous wildlife species. The Lhasa River Basin, located in the southern part of the Tibetan Plateau, is where human activities are very intense, increasing the threat and pressure on habitat quality. To analyze the effects of land cover and vegetation changes on the habitat quality of Lhasa River Basin, we selected growing season (from June to October) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as the index for vegetation condition to adjust the suitability index of different vegetation types and then assessed habitat quality