scholarly journals A study on census of large herbivorous mammals during dry season in Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-520
Author(s):  
Surendra Varma ◽  
S. Asokan
Keyword(s):  
Dry Season ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Herbivorous Mammals

Dry-season spawning in a cyprinid fish of southern India

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sekharapillae Harikumar ◽  
Koduvayoor G. Padmanabhan ◽  
Puthanvettil A. John ◽  
Koenraad Kortmulder
Keyword(s):  
Dry Season ◽  
Cyprinid Fish ◽  
Southern India

Ecology of the Asian elephant in southern India. II. Feeding habits and crop raiding patterns

1990 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sukumar
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Foraging Strategy ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Crop Raiding ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Seasonal Movement ◽  
Food Requirement ◽  
Optimal Foraging Strategy

ABSTRACTThe Asian elephant's foraging strategy in its natural habitat and in cultivation was studied in southern India during 1981–83. Though elephants consumed at least 112 plant species in the study area, about 85% of their diet consisted of only 25 species from the order Malvales and the families Leguminosae, Palmae, Cyperaceae and Gramineae. Alteration between a predominantly browse diet during the dry season with a grass diet during the early wet season was related to the seasonally changing protein content of grasses.Crop raiding, which was sporadic during the dry season, gradually increased with more area being cultivated with the onset of rains. Raiding frequency reached a peak during October-December, with some villages being raided almost every night, when finger millet (Eleusine coracana) was cultivated by most farmers. The monthly frequency of raiding was related to the seasonal movement of elephant herds and to the size of the enclave. Of their total annual food requirement, adult bull elephants derived an estimated 9.3% and family herds 1.7% in quantity from cultivated land. Cultivated cereal and millet crops provided significantly more protein, calcium and sodium than the wild grasses. Ultimately, crop raiding can be thought of as an extension of the elephant's optimal foraging strategy.

Dry Season Diet of the Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern India

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himanshu S. Palei ◽  
Pratyush P. Mohapatra ◽  
Hemanta K. Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Dry Season ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Melursus Ursinus

scholarly journals Ixodid Tick Vectors of Wild Mammals and Reptiles of Southern India

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Ajith Kumar ◽  
Reghu Ravindran ◽  
Joju Johns ◽  
George Chandy ◽  
Kavitha Rajagopal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Western Ghat ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
New Host ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
Rat Snake ◽  
Tick Vectors ◽  
New Host Records

Background: We aimed to focus on the ixodid ticks parasitizing wild mammals and reptiles from Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghat, southern India. Methods: The taxonomic identification of ticks collected from wild mammals and reptiles was performed based on the morphology of adults. Results: We revealed eight species of ticks including, Amblyomma integrum, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus, Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) spinigera, H. (K.) shimoga, H. (K.) bispinosa, H. (Rhipistoma) indica, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides and R. sanguineus  s.l. collected from nine species of wild mammals while four tick species Ablyomma kraneveldi, A. pattoni, A. gervaisi and A. javanense parasitizing on four species of reptiles. The highest host rich­ness was shown by H. (K.) bispinosa and R. haemaphysaloides parasitizing six and five different host species, re­spectively.  Reports of R. (B.) annulatus on sambar deer, A. javanense and A. kraneveldi on python as well as A. pat­toni on Indian rat snake are the new host records from this region. Conclusion: Eight species of ticks parasitizing on nine species of wild mammals and four species of parasitizing on four species of reptiles were identified. The highest host richness was shown by H. (K.) bispinosa and R. haemaphy­saloides. H. spinigera as the vector of KFD was also identified in this study.

scholarly journals First record of Yellow-Rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia (Hay, 1845) (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) in eastern India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 12422-12424
Author(s):  
Manaranjan Das ◽  
Subrat Debata
Keyword(s):  
Central India ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary

The Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia is an extremely rare bird and historically recorded from two localities in central India and southern India. We record its sighting from Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary of Odisha, eastern India. This offers an opportunity for additional survey throughout the recorded localities to explain its wintering status in India.

scholarly journals Large aerosol optical depths observed at an urban location in southern India associated with rain-deficit summer monsoon season

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 3073-3077 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Vinoj ◽  
S. K. Satheesh ◽  
S. Suresh Babu ◽  
K. Krishna Moorthy
Keyword(s):  
Optical Depth ◽  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Monsoon Rainfall ◽  
Monsoon Season ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Anthropogenic Influence ◽  
Summer Monsoon Season ◽  
Urban Location

Abstract. Aerosol spectral optical depth (AOD) measurements were made covering three years (2001, 2002 and 2003) at an urban continental location, Bangalore (13°N, 77.6°E) in India. These ground-based observations have shown that AODs reach a maximum during April (~0.5 at 500nm) and minimum during the November to January period (~0.2). The Angstrom wavelength exponent (α) was ~1.1 during the dry season (December to April), which, in conjunction with the high optical depth indicates significant anthropogenic influence. Seasonal variations in AODs appear to have an association with monsoon rainfall. Large AODs (α~1.4) were observed during the rain-deficit summer monsoon season (SMS) of 2002, which persisted for more than six months. Enhancement in AODs during SMS 2002 was ~0.15 (at 500nm), compared to 2001 and 2003.

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