scholarly journals Winter food habits of the Golden Jackal Canis aureus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in Patna Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 10656
Author(s):  
Khursid A. Khan ◽  
Jamal A. Khan ◽  
Narendra Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Bird Community ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Golden Jackal ◽  
Scat Analysis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Winter Food ◽  
Palm Civet ◽  
Vegetative Matter

Golden Jackal (Canis aurius indicus) survives in a wide range of environment. Its foraging adaptation varies according to quality and abundance of food sources. The food habits also fluctuate according to season and habitat. This study investigated the diet composition of Golden Jackal using scat analysis method collected between November 2012 and April 2013 from Patna Bird Sanctuary (PBS), Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 83 scats of Golden Jackal were collected and analysed. Sixteen food items were identified in Golden Jackal scats. Birds contributed maximum (ca. 38.92%) in Golden Jackal diet followed by rodents (ca. 12.14%), insects (ca. 8.92%), reptile (ca. 8.57%), vegetative matter (ca. 13.56%), rufous-tailed hare (ca. 6.07%), cattle (ca. 2.5%), squirrel (ca.1.42%), nilgai (ca.1.07%) and common palm civet (ca. 0.71 %). However (ca. 6.07 %) of prey items could not identified in Golden Jackal scats. Out of (ca. 38.92%) in bird’s contribution egret alone contributed about (ca.20.35%) in Golden Jackal diet followed by gargeny (ca. 8.93%), greater caucal (ca. 5.71%), babbler (ca.1.07%) and (ca. 2.85%) remains of birds were could not identified as per species level. This study is conducted to find out food habits of Golden Jackal and its impact on bird community structure.     

Winter food habits of the Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) in Patna Bird Sanctuary, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 14490-14495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khursid Alam Khan ◽  
Jamal Ahmad Khan ◽  
Khursheed Ahmad ◽  
Narendra Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
Scat Analysis ◽  
Ficus Religiosa ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Winter Food ◽  
Palm Civet ◽  
The Common ◽  
Prey Items

Food habits of the Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus were investigated using scat analysis method, a technique widely used to study small and medium sized mammals.  We analyzed 112 scats of Common Palm Civet between November 2012 and March 2013 from the Patna Bird Sanctuary and found a total of nine food items.  Out of 112 scats, 32.09% scats contained three food items, 29.62% scats had two items, 24.69% scats contained four prey items, and 3.7% scats had seven prey items.  The results show that the Common Palm Civet is more frugivorous (ca. 39.28%) than insectivores (ca. 29.46%).  Percent frequency of occurrence showed that insects contributed maximum in the diet of Civet (29.46±2.29) followed by fruits of Ficus religiosa (19.64±1.13), Prosopis juliflora (11.60±0.18), and Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestrix) (8.03±0.23), while birds contributed 9.82±0.02 and rodents 6.25±0.44.  Rufous-tailed Hare (Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus) (1.78±0.96) contributed the minimum in the Common Palm Civet diet.  PBS is an Important Bird Area site and it harbours thousands of migratory birds during winter.  But the results show that birds are a less preferred diet item of the Common Palm Civet.

scholarly journals Habitat use of golden jackals (Canis aureus) in riverine areas of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldin Selimovic ◽  
Eva Maria Schöll ◽  
Larissa Bosseler ◽  
Jennifer Hatlauf
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Golden Jackal ◽  
Canis Aureus ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Habitat Analysis ◽  
Group Density

AbstractRecently confirmed expansion of golden jackals (Canis aureus) into countries without any previous records poses questions, one of them focusing on the species potential and possibly varying habitat use. In this study, we investigated the presence and distribution of golden jackals in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, where knowledge about golden jackal distribution and habitat use is still scarce. We used bioacoustic stimulation as a non-invasive tool to gather data on golden jackal presence. Habitat structures potentially selected by the species were assessed at 92 calling stations and used as input for binary logistic regression models. Our study area covered approximately 1150 km2, and bioacoustic stimulation within this area resulted in an estimated minimum relative group density of 3.5 territorial groups per 100 km2. We found territorial groups at distances between 15 and 38 km southwards from the river Sava but always within a maximum range of 3 km to perennial watercourses. Habitat analysis identified shrub vegetation and pastures as structures with a significant effect on the presence of resident golden jackals. Probability that golden jackals answered at calling stations increased with increasing surface area covered with pastures and shrubs. Distances between golden jackal territories and the nearest human settlement were relatively small. Our results indicate that structures like transitional woodland-shrubs and pastures, together with other potential influencing factors like local agricultural practices, low hunting pressure, diverse natural and anthropogenic food sources, could have benefited the settlement of golden jackals in the northern lowlands of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Winter Food Habits of Barred Owls in Western Montana

The Murrelet ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Marks ◽  
D. Paul Hendricks ◽  
Victoria S. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Winter Food ◽  
Barred Owls

scholarly journals Avifaunal Assemblage along Rural-Urban Gradients in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-427
Author(s):  
Arif SIDDIQUI ◽  
Tanveer AHMED ◽  
Afifullah KHAN
Keyword(s):  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Bird Community ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis ◽  
Urban Site ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
Point Counts ◽  
Intermediate Disturbance ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization

Studies assessing the effect of urbanization on bird community structure largely carried out in developed countries and little is known about the developing region particularly in India. Bird diversity, richness, composition and guild structure was examined at urban, semi-urban, semi-rural and rural-natural sites in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Each site was sampled using 90 fixed radius point counts between January and June 2016. Semi-urban site was more species rich (2.38 ± 0.06), diverse (0.80 ± .01) and even (0.90 ± .00) than other three urban-rural gradient sites. Density of bird peaked at urban site (43.09 ± 4.7). Numerically, urban site was dominated by omnivore species which was replaced by insectivorous species at semi-natural, semi-rural and rural-natural sites. The current information corroborates the earlier studies assessing impact of urbanization of birds and Conell’s intermediate disturbance hypothesis of higher richness and diversity at intermediate disturbance. 

Fall and Winter Food Habits of Vermont Bobcats

1939 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Hamilton ◽  
Russell P. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Winter Food

Winter Food Habits of Mink in Southern Michigan

1943 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 411 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Sealander
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Winter Food

Winter Food Habits of Two Sympatric Owl Species

The Murrelet ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Winter Food

Urban Native Food in Johannesburg

Africa ◽  
1936 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Hellmann
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Free Play ◽  
The Other ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The One

There are two factors affecting the diet of urban Natives: on the one hand there is the expansive influence of assimilation to and adoption of European food habits, and on the other hand there is active a restrictive influence in the shape of poverty. The urban Native, through his close contact with European culture which residence in an urban environment inevitably entails, has been introduced to an extraordinarily wide range of new foodstuffs and new ways of preparing food. Consequently the range of his food desires has been much increased. But his desires are not allowed free play among this new and wide selection. The factor which narrows down his choice and curbs his desire is his poverty. The urban Native eats according to the capacity of his pocket and his food is usually the first item of expenditure which is marked out for especial economy.

Environmental contamination by arsenic and lead in some rural villages in India

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Noda ◽  
Reika Hakamada ◽  
Kazuyki Suzuki ◽  
Teruo Miura ◽  
Koichiro Sera
Keyword(s):  
Human Hair ◽  
Arsenic Concentration ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Pixe Analysis ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Oxidation Reduction ◽  
Hair Samples ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Tube Well

This investigation focuses on the arsenic contamination problems in tube well groundwater systems and the different forms of arsenic and other toxic elements accumulated in human hair samples taken in a rural area of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. The local residents at the study site depend on groundwater as their major source of household water. The oxidation reduction potential (ORP) and pH of groundwater samples were measured directly after the sampling of groundwater. Arsenic concentrations were measured directly in water samples by a colorimetric arsenic analysis kit after the water was pumped from a tube well and/or at a nearby laboratory. Human hair samples from the residents of the villages in the study site were analyzed by PIXE to measure a wide range of elements. An atomic absorption spectrometer was also used to measure arsenic concentrations. The results indicated that the concentrations of arsenic in groundwater and human hair were significantly higher in the village of Bada Kanjasa than in the villages of Kanua and Chota Kanjasa (P< 0.05), clearly indicating that the higher arsenic concentration in groundwater reflected the accumulation of arsenic in human hair in the residents of Bada Kanjasa. The PIXE analysis also revealed an unusually high concentration of lead in human hair samples from Chota Kanjasa. Although the actual health effects and the detailed exposure mechanisms remain to be investigated, lead pollution is suspected to be the source of the exposure.

Diet components in the food of Antarctic ascidians living at low levels of primary production

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCOS TATIÁN ◽  
RICARDO SAHADE ◽  
GRACIELA B. ESNAL
Keyword(s):  
Primary Production ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Potter Cove ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Faecal Pellets ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Wind Mixing ◽  
The Antarctic

Coupling between pelagic and benthic systems has been described in numerous shallow water communities. In Potter Cove, where pelagic primary production is low (not only during the Antarctic winter but also during the summer), the rich benthic community present there must depend on other food sources than phytoplankton. Over a year-round period we determined the abundance of the different seston particles which constituted the stomach contents of the Antarctic ascidian Cnemidocarpa verrucosa (Lesson, 1830) at Potter Cove. Stomach repletion was highest in November and lowest in June. Ascidians took in a wide range of particles from large detritus (macroalgal debris and faecal pellets) to minute particles < 5 μm. Large detritus and minute particles together represent the main percentage of contents throughout the year (mean 91%). Diatoms were a low percentage (mean 4.5%). Unidentified flagellates, dinoflagellates and coccolithophorids were scarce, with mean values lower than 4%. Among diatoms benthic species were more abundant in summer and pelagic ones prevailed from March to November. Resuspension of benthic material due to wind mixing and the input of allochthonous particles by currents are important mechanisms that ensure food for ascidians and the community of suspension feeders in Potter Cove.

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