Title of article
Seasonal Abundance and Sex Ratio of Dominant Acridid Species in Ballavpur Wild Life Sanctuary of West Bengal, India (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Author/Authors
ساها، هيروج كومار نويسنده Post Graduate, Department of Zoology, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling-734101, West Bengal, India Saha, Hiroj Kumar , هالدار، پاريمالندو نويسنده Professor, Department of Zoology, Visva -Bharati Central University, Santiniketan- 731235, West Bengal, India Haldar, Parimalendu
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2013
Pages
5
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1
To page
5
Abstract
Acridids have a high reproductive potential and high nutritional value and may be important in energy and nutrient cycling. Seasonal abundance and sex ratio of dominant acridid species were studied on six species viz. Chrotogonus trachypterus trachypterus (Blanchard), Dittopternis venusta (Walker), Oedaleus abruptus (Thunberg), Oxya fuscovittata (Marschall), Oxya hyla hyla Serville and Truxalis indica (Bolivar) in Ballavpur Wild life Sanctuary, a dry deciduous type in nature. The population of acridids changes in different seasons and highest number was observed during monsoon. This study also revealed that D. venusta occupied the top place representing 32.84% and 34.82% during 1st and 2nd year respectively. Statistical analysis reflects that the sex ratio was more or less equal.
Journal title
Caspian Journal of Applied Sciences Research
Serial Year
2013
Journal title
Caspian Journal of Applied Sciences Research
Record number
691857
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