Difference in seasonal activity pattern between non-native and native ants in subtropical forest of Okinawa Island, Japan

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayuko Suwabe ◽  
Hitoshi Ohnishi ◽  
Tomonori Kikuchi ◽  
Kengo Kawara ◽  
Kazuki Tsuji
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 246-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaleem Ahmed ◽  
Jamal A. Khan

The data on activity pattern and time budget of Swamp deer (Rucervus duvauceli duvauceli) were collected through instantaneous scan sampling from Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India Diurnal activity pattern of Swamp deer showed marked reduction in resting in winter as compared to summer. In winter resting in adult males showed polymodal pattern with peaks occurring at different hours of the day and continued throughout the day without any break. Feeding of adult females in winter and summer seasons showed a polymodal pattern with peaks occurring at different hours of the day without break. In yearling males feeding and resting was observed to occur throughout the day during winter season with peaks occurring between 11:00 to 12:00 hours. Yearling females showed continuous feeding throughout the day with peaks in different times in both the seasons. The seasonal distribution of activity patterns of the fawns showed that feeding was slightly more in summer as compared to winter. In time budget, of the expenditure on different activities, resting accounted for 63.77% and feeding 24.70%. In both the seasons resting was the major portion of their activity. Analysis showed that in all age and sex categories of Swamp deer in the Dudhwa NP, resting dominated on all other activities. The observation on endangered Swamp deer indicates synchronization in activity only in the feeding in the morning and evening hours and resting throughout the day.


1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeong-Choy Kam ◽  
Te-Chih Chen ◽  
Jeng-Tze Yang ◽  
Fan-Chieh Yu ◽  
Kuo-Ming Yu

1980 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1454-1458 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Diana

Movements of six northern pike (Esox lucius) were monitored for 5 to 51 days by ultrasonic transmitters implanted surgically. The pike were inactive during 80% of the eight hundred and eighty-nine 5-min intervals monitored during summer and winter. No regular diel changes in activity were noted, except that pike were inactive at night. Swimming velocities calculated from gross displacements were maximum, 42 cm/s (0.91 body lengths (BL)/s); average, 23.1 cm/s (0.45 BL/s).Key words: movements, diel activity, seasonal activity, northern pike, Esox lucius; swimming speeds


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