Seasonal habitat selection by house sparrows across the urbanization matrix in Delhi, India
Publish place: Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity، Vol: 3، Issue: 4
Publish Year: 1398
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: English
View: 377
This Paper With 9 Page And PDF Format Ready To Download
- Certificate
- من نویسنده این مقاله هستم
استخراج به نرم افزارهای پژوهشی:
شناسه ملی سند علمی:
JR_JWB-3-4_007
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 5 آذر 1398
Abstract:
House sparrows are associated with rural and urban regions and are a common species of any urban ecosystem. Previous studies confirm that urbanization and industrialization are two major factors causing the loss of suitable foraging and nesting space in urban areas for house sparrows, contributing to their rapid population decline. In this context, we studied habitat selection by sparrows and the influence of season and urbanization on it. Totally 58 transects were traversed from August 2017 to July 2018 to locate house sparrows across five seasons and five urbanization types. Habitat variables for each occupied site and systematically selected sites were quantified. We found that suburban and high-density urban areas were mostly used by the species. Habitat variables like the presence of residential areas, old buildings, vegetation, water, grocery shops, food provision, small eateries, open drainage systems, and open household waste dump influenced the habitat selection by house sparrows. In order to conserve sparrows in Delhi, it is very important to conserve its habitat or artificially create it by the installation of artificial nest boxes and by providing food and water for them.
Keywords:
Authors
Shikha Choudhary
Amity Institute of Forestry & Wildlife, Amity University, Noida (UP), Uttar Pradesh, India
Netrapal Chauhan
Amity Institute of Forestry & Wildlife, Amity University, Noida (UP), Uttar Pradesh, India
Rajiv Kalsi
Department of Zoology, Mukand Lal National College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India
مراجع و منابع این Paper:
لیست زیر مراجع و منابع استفاده شده در این Paper را نمایش می دهد. این مراجع به صورت کاملا ماشینی و بر اساس هوش مصنوعی استخراج شده اند و لذا ممکن است دارای اشکالاتی باشند که به مرور زمان دقت استخراج این محتوا افزایش می یابد. مراجعی که مقالات مربوط به آنها در سیویلیکا نمایه شده و پیدا شده اند، به خود Paper لینک شده اند :