scholarly journals Activity Pattern and Food Habits of Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura) in Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, Southern India

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Golusu Babu Rao ◽  
Rajarathnavel Nagarajan ◽  
Murali Saravanan ◽  
Nagarajan Baskaran
Keyword(s):  
Activity Pattern ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
Activity Period ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Reserve Forest

Activity pattern and food habits of Grizzled Giant Squirrel were investigated in Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary from December 2011 to March 2012. Focal animal sampling method was used to record the activity pattern and food habits. Sampling was done in three different habitats viz., Private land, Reserve forest and Temple land. Feeding was the dominant activity accounting for 35.4% of the activity period. Bimodal feeding pattern was observed in Squirrels, the observations were made from early morning hours to till (0600-1800) late evening hours. The Squirrels feed upon 23 plant species; among them 11 were trees species, 10 climbers and 2 shrubs. Seven types of plant parts were used by Squirrels. Leaf consumption was high (38%) followed by fruit (24%). The high consumption of leaves was due to easy availability of leaves and limited availability of other plant parts. Squirrel’s invasion into Private Land and Temple Land was observed which can be attributed to abundance and easy availability of food plants, canopy continuity and less predatory pressure.

scholarly journals Daily activity of four tropical intertidal hermit crabs from Southeastern Brazil

2003 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Turra ◽  
M. R. Denadai
Keyword(s):  
High Activity ◽  
Activity Pattern ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
High Tide ◽  
Hermit Crabs ◽  
Activity Period ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Intertidal Flat ◽  
Circadian Activity

This study describes the daily activity in a simulated high tide situation of four species of hermit crabs (Pagurus criniticornis, Clibanarius antillensis, C. sclopetarius, and C. vittatus) that coexist in an intertidal flat in southeastern Brazil. Observations were done in two-hour intervals during two subsequent days (48 h) in three replicate pools with thirty crabs each. Among species (between and within genera) there was an evident variation in activity patterns, of which three could be distinguished. The circadian activity patterns of C. antillensis and C. vittatus could be characterized as evening and nocturnal, with resting peaks during the morning and afternoon. The circadian activity pattern of C. sclopetarius was characterized by two marked peaks of inactivity, corresponding to dawn and evening, which could represent an intrinsic association with the semi-lunar tidal cycles of the study area. Pagurus criniticornis showed high activity not influenced by day/night conditions during the entire observed period. These activity pattern variations of the studied hermit crabs should be taken into account in designing further experiments. More precise and accurate interspecific behavioral comparisons among species could be achieved in nocturnal experiments, the high activity period of all species.

scholarly journals Life near a city: activity pattern of Golden Jackal Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in a habitat adjoining Bhubaneswar, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 19363-19366
Author(s):  
Subrat Debata
Keyword(s):  
Activity Pattern ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Golden Jackal ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Present Study Area ◽  
Late Evening ◽  
Reduced Activity ◽  
Second Peak ◽  
Intense Heat

Activity pattern of the Golden Jackal was studied by camera trapping survey in an urban influenced protected habitat in Odisha, eastern India from January to April 2019. A total of 552 independent photos of Golden Jackals were obtained from 771 trap nights. Although Golden Jackals were active throughout the day, they showed two major peaks in activity; the first peak during late evening after sunset, and the second peak during early morning until sunrise. The reduced activity of Golden Jackal during day time in the present study area might be due to less movement of prey species, intense heat, and heavy human traffic.

scholarly journals Medicinal Plants from Vettangudi Water Bird Sanctuary in Sivagangai District of Tamil Nadu, Southern India

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
S Shanmugam ◽  
C P Muthupandi ◽  
V M Eswaran ◽  
K Rajendran
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Water Bird ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
Exploitation And Utilization

Most of the people depending on traditional medicine to meet their primary healthcare needs. Documenting the indigenous knowledge through ethnobotanical studies is important for the conservation of biological resources as well as their sustainable utilization. It is also necessary to collect the information about the knowledge of traditional medicines before it is permanently lost. Having all these facts in mind, the present study was carried out to document the plants used as medicine by the people inhabiting around the Vettangudi Water Bird Sanctuary of Sivagangai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The field survey was conducted in two villages situated near to Vettangudi Water Bird Sanctuary. The medicinal uses of 40 angiospermic plant species belonging to 36 genera of 24 families for various diseases and ailments were recorded by this study. The people inhabiting in the study area used 45 herbal therapies prepared from 40 plants to treat 27 different illnesses. Regarding the plant parts used, leaf was the mostly used plant part (51.16%) and extract was found as mostly followed mode (42.28%) to treat a particular disease. Attention should be made on proper exploitation and utilization of these medicinally important plant species. Keywords: Medicinal plants, Vettangudi Water Bird Sanctuary, Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu.

scholarly journals Seasonal Occurence of Food and Feeding Habit of Labeo bata(Hamilton) (Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae)

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Abdur Razzaq Joadder
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Feeding Habit ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Feeding Intensity ◽  
Higher Plant ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Labeo Bata ◽  
Food And Feeding ◽  
Potential Food

Food and feeding habits of fishes have a great significance in aquaculture practices. It helps to select such species of fishes for culture which will utilize all the available potential food of the water bodies without much competition with one another but will live in association with other fishes. This paper deals with the feeding intensity and food habits of L. bata . Food and feeding habit of freshwater minor carp Labeo bata (120 to 250 mm total length) were studied. The fish is a herbivore, feeding mainly on algae (22.32 %), higher plant parts (31.26 %), protozoans (7.42 %), crustaceans (15.33 %), insects (3.56 %), muds, sand, debris and detritus (16.32 %) and unidentified food materials (3.99%).Journal of Science Foundation, 2014;12(1):7-15

scholarly journals Food Habits of Dabbling Ducks During Fall Migration in a Prairie Pothole System, Heron Lake, Minnesota

2005 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan M. Wersal ◽  
Brock R. McMillan ◽  
John D. Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Food Item ◽  
Dabbling Ducks ◽  
Prairie Pothole ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Dabbling Duck ◽  
Stuckenia Pectinata ◽  
Polygonum Lapathifolium ◽  
Volume Method

We conducted an analysis of dabbling duck food habits in the fall of 2002 and 2003 in the Heron Lake system. Gizzard contents of hunter-harvested birds were analyzed using the percent aggregate volume method to determine what food items were consumed and in what quantity. Curltop Ladysthumb (Polygonum lapathifolium) was the food item consumed most often (82.2%) and in the greatest volume (34.2 ml). Sago Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata) was the only food item of which multiple plant parts were consumed. However, the seeds and tubers only comprised 1.27 and 0.07 of the total aggregate percent.

scholarly journals Fruiting Species Influence the Seasonal Use of the Habitat by Sloth Bear in and around Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-190
Author(s):  
Tana P. MEWADA ◽  
Umeshkumar L. TIWARI ◽  
Amit KOTIA
Keyword(s):  
Forest Type ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Feeding Site ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sign Surveys ◽  
Common Resource ◽  
Reserve Forest ◽  
Sloth Bear

Sloth bear populations in India are threatened, and the ecology and distribution of the species occurring in the region's protected areas are known, but there is no scientific basis underlying management strategies for sloth bear. We used bear indirect and opportunistic direct signs like feeding site, scats, foot print trails, claw marks on climbing trees, to study habitat use and distribution of sloth bear (Melurus ursinus) across Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary and Danta Reserve Forest, Gujarat, India from April, 2010 to January 2011. We survey 40 grids (5 × 5 km) 3 km signs survey = 120 km × 3 = 360 km and total 766 bear signs were recorded, and for vegetation we surveyed 40 grids × 2 km vegetation transect = 80 km were sampled. A total of nine (9) vegetation types were recorded and the bear sign where crossed check with the vegetation forest type. Fruits appear to be a key resource for sloth bears, and factors affecting fruit abundance or seasonality will affect bear foraging as well as the humans to depend on such fruits as a food common resource. Knowledge of this relationship will allow managers to be more proactive in managing bears. We recommend using sign surveys for monitoring changes in sloth bear presence, as they are inexpensive, efficient, and can be conducted by trained rangers.

Note On the Inheritance of Behavior Patterns for Food Selection and Cocoon Spinning in F 1 Hybrids of Callosamia Promethea x c. Angulifera

Behaviour ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caryl P. Haskins ◽  
Edna F. Haskins
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Food Habit ◽  
Food Plants ◽  
F1 Hybrids ◽  
Leaf Petiole ◽  
Single Leaf ◽  
Callosamia Promethea ◽  
Total Lack

AbstractA study has been made of the food habits and cocoon-spinning behavior of the F1 hybrids of two related species of Atticine moths, Callosamia promethea and C. angulifera. A total of 447 F1 progeny of the cross ♀ C. prornethea X ♂ C. angulifera was used, these having been secured by making use of the fact that cross-assembling between the species can be made to take place. Young larvae at hatching were uniformly indistinguishable phenotypically from first-instar larvae of C. angulifera. They were given the choice as food plants of Syringa vulgaris, Prunus serotina, Sassafras officinale, and Liriodendron tulipifera. The first two are normal food plants for C. promethea, the fourth for C. angulifera. The third is commonly used by both species. Of the 447, 239 chose L. tulipifera, 205 S. officinale, 2 P. serotina, and 1 S. vulgaris. Thus they resembled the male parent in food habits as well as in morphology.... At the time of spinning, the larva of C. promethea typically selects a single leaf and rolls it into a tube, stitching it lightly and also lining it with silk. The larva then leaves the tube and proceeds for some distance up the leaf petiole and the connecting stalk, coating both rather densely with silk. Thereafter it returns to the tube and completes the cocoon, which is thus firmly bound to the parent tree and adheres during the winter. The larva of C. angulifera behaves quite differently. It typically gathers several leaves into a group and fastens them together as a cover for the cocoon. The stalk-sheathing or "stemming" element of the behavior pattern is entirely absent, and the cocoon commonly falls to the ground when the leaves are shed. Unlike the food habit, in cocoon-spinning there was clear evidence that the inheritance of the behavior pattern was polygenic in character. Every grade of behavior was represented between complete stemming of the cocoon and total lack of it, with the majority of the population intermediate. This polygenic basis accords well with the results found for the cocoon-spinning habit in hybrids of Ephestia by CASPARI. Unfortunately both F2 and backcross ova proved uniformly inviable and it was not possible to carry the analysis further. A discussion is presented of a possible significance of this polygenic situation.

Assessment of tree species diversity and its distribution pattern in Pachamalai Reserve Forest, Tamil Nadu

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suganthi Kanagaraj ◽  
Muthu Selvaraj ◽  
Rajiv Das Kangabam ◽  
Govindaraju Munisamy
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Tree Species Diversity ◽  
Reserve Forest

scholarly journals A comparative study of avian diversity in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary, Inani Reserve Forest and Chittagong University campus in Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 10158
Author(s):  
M. Farid Ahsan ◽  
Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Avian Diversity ◽  
Wading Birds ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Reserve Forest ◽  
Total Species

We performed a comparative study of birds in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS), Inani Reserve Forest (IRF) and the Chittagong University Campus (CUC) in 2015.  A total of 249 species belonging to 50 families were recorded: 210 species from 46 families in TWS, 187 species from 45 families in IRF, and 182 species from 45 families in CUC.  Of these, 181 species (73%) were resident, 57 (23%) winter visitors, three (1.20%) summer visitors, two (0.80%) passage migrants and five (2%) vagrants.  According to their frequency of occurrence, 73 species (29.32%) were very common, 66 (26.5%) common, 62 (25%) uncommon and 48 (19%) rare. 120 species (48%) were passerines (97 in TWS, 95 in IRF and 97 in CUC) and 129 (52%) non-passerines (113 in TWS, 92 in IRF and 85 in CUC). Among the three areas, TWS had the greatest diversity in terms of total species, (210˃187˃182), residents (161˃148˃134), non-residents (49˃48˃39), forest indicator birds (47˃44˃31) and wading birds (48˃34˃24).

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