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Abundance and ecological indices of mammals at east Hammar Marsh, Basrah , Southern Iraq
Joint Authors
Abbas, Adil F.
Husayni, Najah A.
Source
Mesopotamia Environment Journal
Issue
Vol. 2, Issue 1 (30 Nov. 2015), pp.12-23, 12 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon Environmental Research and Studies Center
Publication Date
2015-11-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Zoology
Topics
Abstract EN
Abundance and ecological indices were evaluated for the terrestrial mammals at East Hammar marsh.
Sixteen species were recognized and 236 individuals were recorded during the period from May 2012 to May 2013.
The most abundant species were Canis aureus followed by Herpestes javanicus.
C.
aureus consider as the only resident species and scored the highest dominance value (23 %).The highest Species diversity by Shannon and Wiener and Simpson indices were in October (1.72 and 0.79), the lowest value were in September,( 0.93 and 0.55 ) respectively.
The highest richness values by Margalef and Menhinick indices were in August( 2.17 and 1.89), the lowest values were in September (0.66 and 0.67 ) respectively.
The highest values of similarity by Jaccard and Sørensen indices were between March-April (85.71 % and 83.3 %), the lowest values were between June-July and July-August 20% and 33.3% respectively.
Four monthly groups appeared to match with cold ,spring ,warm and hot season.
Strong correlation existed between H.
javanicus,C.
aureus and Hemichinus auritus with moderate temperature at spring season.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbas, Adil F.& Husayni, Najah A.. 2015. Abundance and ecological indices of mammals at east Hammar Marsh, Basrah , Southern Iraq. Mesopotamia Environment Journal،Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.12-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-651677
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbas, Adil F.& Husayni, Najah A.. Abundance and ecological indices of mammals at east Hammar Marsh, Basrah , Southern Iraq. Mesopotamia Environment Journal Vol. 2, no. 1 (Nov. 2015), pp.12-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-651677
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbas, Adil F.& Husayni, Najah A.. Abundance and ecological indices of mammals at east Hammar Marsh, Basrah , Southern Iraq. Mesopotamia Environment Journal. 2015. Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.12-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-651677
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 22-23
Record ID
BIM-651677