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Fodder plants and foraging behaviour of Asian elephants in Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India

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Title Fodder plants and foraging behaviour of Asian elephants in Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India
 
Creator Priyadharshana, M
Vadivel, V
 
Subject Elephant
Feeding behaviour
Fodder Plants
Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve
 
Description 391-397
The Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve is one of India's 32 elephant reserves. It is home to wild elephants as well as other
wildlife. This study aims to document the fodder plants and foraging behaviour of elephants in the Srivilliputhur Elephant
Reserve. Elephants in the Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve consumed 61 plant species from 25 different families. In the
current study, the majority of the fodder plants of Asian Elephants belonged to the families of Fabaceae, Poaceae, and
Malvaceae. Elephants were found to feed more frequently on trees (66%), followed by shrubs (16%), herbs (9%), and
climbers (6%). It was observed that the elephants ate both the browsing tree and grazing grass species during the wet season,
but browsing tree species dominated during the dry season.
 
Date 2022-10-18T06:10:50Z
2022-10-18T06:10:50Z
2022-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60675
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijnpr.v13i3.50452
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJNPR Vol.13(3) [September 2022]