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The Range of Prey Size of the Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans
Joint Authors
Sen Sarkar, Neera
Mukherjee, Subrat
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Relatively little is known about the feeding habit of the Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans and the relative biomass of individual prey base species that the predator consumes during each kill.
This is the first attempt to collect such data from the study area.
Data sets of two phases have been used.
Identification of undigested remains of 214 tiger scat samples was carried out.
A comparison with Sundarbans tigers in zoo has been made.
In its natural habitat, the tiger consumes more of spotted deer, followed by wild boar, rhesus monkey, and water monitor.
Though the tiger consumes a relatively low proportion of small prey species to meet its dietary requirements, it gains importance in the present perspective.
Significant increase is noted in the relative number of prey species consumed in the second phase, which correlates well with increased prey availability.
Hypotheses formulated to find the difference in prey biomass and relative number of prey consumed have been tested statistically.
A significant difference in terms of relative number of prey consumed only was derived which has been qualitatively correlated with the positive effect of increased vigilance, as revealed by secondary data, on conserving tiger habitat vis-a-vis the increased prey availability in Sundarbans.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mukherjee, Subrat& Sen Sarkar, Neera. 2013. The Range of Prey Size of the Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans. Journal of Ecosystems،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mukherjee, Subrat& Sen Sarkar, Neera. The Range of Prey Size of the Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans. Journal of Ecosystems No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-465052
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mukherjee, Subrat& Sen Sarkar, Neera. The Range of Prey Size of the Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans. Journal of Ecosystems. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-465052
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-465052