scholarly journals Field identification of Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus (gallicus) beaudouini

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
William S. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Field Identification ◽  
Circaetus Gallicus

Current distribution of Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis Yata (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with an updated taxonomic key to Eurema of Western Ghats, India

ENTOMON ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Sujitha ◽  
G. Prasad ◽  
R. Nitin ◽  
Dipendra Nath Basu ◽  
Krushnamegh Kunte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Distribution ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Original Description ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Nilgiris

Eurema nilgiriensis Yata, 1990, the Nilgiri grass yellow, was described from Nilgiris in southern India. There are not many published records of this species since its original description, and it was presumed to be a high-elevation endemic species restricted to its type locality. Based on the external morphology (wing patterns) as well as the male genitalia, the first confirmed records of the species from Agasthyamalais and Kodagu in the southern Western Ghats, is provided here. This report is a significant range extension for the species outside the Nilgiris, its type locality. Ecological data pertaining to this species as well as the field identification key to all known Eurema of Western Ghats are also presented.

Field Identification of Lithologic Discontinuities

Soil Horizons ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
R. B. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Field Identification

scholarly journals Improved Trapping and Handling of an Arboreal, Montane Mammal: Red Panda Ailurus fulgens

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 921
Author(s):  
Damber Bista ◽  
Sonam Tashi Lama ◽  
Janno Weerman ◽  
Ang Phuri Sherpa ◽  
Purushotam Pandey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Morphometric Data ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
Red Panda ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Chest Girth ◽  
Ailurus Fulgens

It is sometimes essential to have an animal in the hand to study some of their ecological and biological characteristics. However, capturing a solitary, cryptic, elusive arboreal species such as the red panda in the wild is challenging. We developed and successfully tested a protocol for tracking, trapping, immobilization, and handling of red pandas in the wild in eastern Nepal. We established a red panda sighting rate of 0.89 panda/day with a capture success rate of 0.6. We trapped and collared one animal in 3.7 days. On average, we took nearly 136 (range 50–317) min to capture an animal after spotting it. Further processing was completed in 38.5 (21–70) min. Before capture, we found it difficult to recognize the sex of the red panda and to differentiate sub-adults above six months from adults. However, body weight, body length, tail length, shoulder height, and chest girth can be used for diagnosis, as these attributes are smaller in sub-adults. Our method is a welfare-friendly way of trapping and handling wild red pandas. We report new morphometric data that could serve as a guide for field identification.

Field identification of Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus sylvaticus: a quantitative comparison of different biometric measurements

Mammalia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Bartolommei ◽  
Giulia Sozio ◽  
Cristina Bencini ◽  
Carlo Cinque ◽  
Stefania Gasperini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wood Mouse ◽  
Apodemus Sylvaticus ◽  
Quantitative Comparison ◽  
Apodemus Flavicollis ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
Biometric Measurements

AbstractThe identification of the wood mouse

Flora Farallonensis II: Aroids from the Pico De Águila Low Montane Forest in Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
M. Á. Gamboa-Gaitán
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Natural Region ◽  
Field Identification

This is the second manuscript about a series of papers dedicated to study the flora of Los Farallones de Cali, an Andean natural region in Colombia. The general purpose is to make an inventory of plants, algae and fungi by studying different locations in Los Farallones. This paper deals with aroids (Araceae family), from a low montane forest at Pico de Águila (Valle Department, Colombia). Data about altitudinal and geographical distribution in Colombia of aroids found are presented here, along with some drawings for facilitating field identification.

Field identification of the cryptic vespertilionid bats, Myotis lucifugus and M. yumanensis

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore J. Weller ◽  
Shonene A. Scott ◽  
Thomas J. Rodhouse ◽  
Patricia C. Ormsbee ◽  
Jan M. Zinck
Keyword(s):  
Myotis Lucifugus ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
Vespertilionid Bats

scholarly journals Field identification fixed points in the coset construction

1990 ◽  
Vol 334 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.N. Schellekens ◽  
S. Yankielowicz
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Points ◽  
Coset Construction ◽  
Field Identification

scholarly journals Feeding Ecology of Short-Toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus [Gmelin, 1788]) in the Montados of Iberian Peninsula

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-179
Author(s):  
Nuno Onofre ◽  
Luís Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Diet Composition ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Prey Selection ◽  
Prey Type ◽  
Generalist Predator ◽  
Important Prey ◽  
Psammodromus Algirus ◽  
Circaetus Gallicus ◽  
Water Snakes

The diet of Short-toed Snake-eagle (Circaetus gallicus) during the breeding season in an area dominated by cork and holm oak parkland forests (Montados) was analyzed in this study. As expected, results showed that snakes are the dominant prey in the diet of this eagle, comprising up to 92.5% of the identified items, if potential secondary prey species were excluded. The Montpellier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus) was the most consumed one (42.2%), followed by the Ladder Snake (Zamenis scalaris) (28.0%), and the water snakes (Natrix spp.) (14.2%). According to the same criteria, lizards (mainly Psammodromus algirus) and mammals represent between 4.8 and 2.2%, respectively. Other animals such as pond turtle and amphibians are irregular prey (<1%), and no bird remains were found at all. Short-toed Snake-eagle is usually referred as a stenophagic predator where snakes are by far its most important prey type, and where within this taxonomic group it behaves as a generalist predator. In this study this premise was then tested comparing the relative abundance of the snake species with their proportion in the diet composition of the eagle in order to know whether or not prey selection exists with regard to the species of snakes in this region. Results point to a quite plausible "preference" for the Ladder Snake and an "avoidance" for the smooth snakes group (Macroprotodon brevis/Coronella girondica), and possibly for the Horseshoe Whip (Hemorrhois hippocrepis). The avoidance to the Horseshoe Whip must be indirect and habitat related, while in relation to the two smooth snakes it may be due in large extend to its small size, in particular.

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