Food Spectrum of Common Kraits (Bungarus caeruleus): An Implication for Snakebite Prevention and Snake Conservation

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Deb P. Pandey ◽  
Pranish Bhattarai ◽  
Ram C. Piya
Keyword(s):  
Food Spectrum

scholarly journals Dietary assessment of five species of anuran tadpoles from northern Odisha, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 12382-12388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Asrafuzzaman ◽  
Susmita Mahapatra ◽  
Jasmin Rout ◽  
Gunanidhi Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Aquatic Habitats ◽  
Morphometric Measurements ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Anuran Species ◽  
Study Sites

Anuran tadpoles are gregarious predators capable of differentiating food items among diverse types of prey via varied feeding and oral structures.  Tadpoles were collected from different study sites in three districts of northern Odisha during three consecutive rainy seasons (from July–October of 2015–2017).  After morphometric measurements (total length and body length), the stomach contents of 75 tadpoles belonging to five different anuran species (Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Fejervarya orissaensis, Polypedates maculatus and Microhyla ornata) belonging to four families namely Bufonidae, Dicroglossidae, Rhacophoridae and Microhylidae were examined.  The food spectrum of tadpoles included mostly detritus, followed by phytoplankton (represented by 5 classes and 54 genera).  Such studies contribute to the understanding of the natural diets of these anuran species that can assist in developing management strategies for them.  Aquatic habitats must be conserved and maintained so that conservation of anurans can be ensured.

scholarly journals Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wallace ◽  
Glynis Jones ◽  
Michael Charles ◽  
Emily Forster ◽  
Eleanor Stillman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Plant ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
Origins Of Agriculture ◽  
Archaeobotanical Remains ◽  
Wild Plant Food

scholarly journals A food spectrum analysis of three bufonid species (Anura: Bufonidae) from Uttarakhand region of the western Himalaya, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 14663-14671
Author(s):  
Vivekanand Bahuguna ◽  
Ashish Kumar Chowdhary ◽  
Shurveer Singh ◽  
Gaurav Bhatt ◽  
Siddhant Bhardwaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Amphibian Conservation ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Ecological Diversity ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dietary Niche ◽  
Index Of Relative Importance ◽  
Terrestrial Insects

The ecological diversity of insects and its predators like amphibians are important determinants in ecological balance.  A total of 1,222 prey items in 84 specimens were examined to contribute the understanding of the diets of three Duttaphrynus species, viz., himalayanus, melanostictus, and stomaticus from Uttarakhand, the western Himalaya, India.  Gut content analysis of three bufonids revealed acceptance of a wide range of terrestrial insects and other invertebrates as their food.  The index of relative importance indicated that the most important preys were Formicidae, Coleoptera and Orthoptera.  Duttaphrynus melanostictus had the broadest dietary niche breadth, followed by D. himalaynus and D. stomaticus.  The wide prey spectrum well indicates that these species are the generalist and opportunist invertebrate feeder.  Information pertaining to the food spectrum analysis contributes to understanding the ecological roles and used as a baseline data for future successful amphibian conservation and management programs in the Himalayan ecosystem.

scholarly journals Food Spectrum of Molluscs and Caddisflies under Conditions of Spirogyra (Zygnematophyceae, Charophyta) Bloom in Lake Baikal

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Rozhkova ◽  
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N. A. Bondarenko ◽  
T. Ya. Sitnikova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Baikal ◽  
Food Spectrum

scholarly journals Food spectrum of two co-occurring invasive fish, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 and Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in Mattupetty Reservoir, Kerala, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Smrithy Raj ◽  
Suvarna Devi ◽  
Shamna Salam ◽  
A. Biju Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Cyprinus Carpio ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Invasive Fish

scholarly journals Diversifikasi sebagai Salah Satu Pilar Ketahanan Pangan

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
NFN Sumaryanto
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Food Commodities ◽  
National Food Security ◽  
Quantitative Approaches

<strong>English</strong><br />Global financial crisis and climate changes have affected food security in a more vulnerable situation. Food security pillars, in this respect should be strengthened.  The food security pillar should not rely only on quantitative approaches, but also on other pillars in a wider food spectrum. One of the feasible ways to enhance food security is to develop food diversification based on local food commodities. This paper is aimed to assess some vulnerable points of national food security, the significant of the diversification to enhance food availability and its prospect as one of the pillars to develop steady food security in Indonesia.        <br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Krisis finansial global dan perubahan iklim mengakibatkan ketahanan pangan menjadi lebih rawan. Oleh karena itu pilar-pilar ketahanan pangan perlu diperkuat. Pendekatan yang perlu ditempuh adalah mengupayakan agar pilar ketahanan pangan tidak hanya bersandar pada dimensi kuantitatif dalam penyediaan, distribusi, dan daya beli tetapi perlu dilengkapi dengan perluasan spektrum pangan. Salah satu cara yang layak ditempuh adalah dengan mengembangkan diversifikasi berbasis bahan pangan lokal. Tulisan ini membahas titik-titik rawan ketahanan pangan nasional,  menelaah arti penting diversifikasi berbasis bahan pangan lokal, dan prospek diversifikasi sebagai salah satu pilar ketahanan pangan Indonesia.

scholarly journals Diet of Hemigrammus marginatus (Characiformes: Characidae) in the Upper Contas River, Diamantina Plateau (Bahia, Brazil)

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia B. Barreto ◽  
André T. Silva ◽  
Fabiane B. Souza ◽  
Ricardo Jucá-Chagas
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Trophic Ecology ◽  
Food Habit ◽  
Food Resources ◽  
Filamentous Algae ◽  
Fish Diet ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Dietary Plasticity ◽  
Tropical Freshwater

ABSTRACT Studies on the composition of fish diet and on how species exploit food resources are especially relevant in tropical freshwater systems, where dietary plasticity is a commonly used strategy. In this study, we analysed the food spectrum and the environmental, seasonal and ontogenetic variations in the diet of a characid species [Hemigrammus marginatus Ellis, 1911 (Characidae)] in the region of the Upper Contas River, in the Diamantina Plateau, Brazil. We verified an omnivorous/invertivorous and opportunistic food habit, with predominance of insects and microcrustaceans, followed by filamentous algae. Seasonality did not alter the food resources used by the species. However, differences were detected in the dominant categories when comparing the two sampled rivers, as well as in the food consumption throughout the development of the species. These data increase the knowledge about the biology of H. marginatus and allow understanding the influence of the characteristics of the rivers and their surroundings in the trophic ecology of the species, as our findings have shown that, although insects have been expressive in both studied localities, microcrustaceans exhibit a greater relative importance in the more lentic environment, which is probably related to the variation in the availability of these resources in the environment.

scholarly journals Utilization of an video camera in study of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) diet

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Tomešek ◽  
Lukáš Kratěna ◽  
Petr Čermák ◽  
Karel Tomešek
Keyword(s):  
Digital Video ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Accipiter Gentilis ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Camera Systems ◽  
Exact Determination ◽  
Effective Technology ◽  
The Village

In 2009, research was carried out into the food spectrum of goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) by means of automatic digital video cameras with a recoding device in the area of the Chřiby Upland. The monitoring took place at two localities in the vicinity of the village of Buchlovice at the southeastern edge of the Chřiby Upland in a period from hatching the chicks to their flying out from a nest. The unambiguous advantage of using the camera systems at the study of food spectrum is a possibility of the exact determination of brought preys in the majority of cases. As much as possible economic and effective technology prepared according to given conditions was used. Results of using automatic digital video cameras with a recoding device consist in a number of valuable data, which clarify the food spectrum of a given species. The main output of the whole project is determination of the food spectrum of goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) from two localities, which showed the following composition: 89 % birds, 9.5 % mammals and 1.5 % other animals or unidentifiable components of food. Birds of the genus Turdus were the most frequent prey in both cases of monitoring. As for mammals, Sciurus vulgaris was most frequent.

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