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DOI	10.1515/mammalia-2019-0103
	Food habits of the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837) in Pothwar region, Pakistan
	Naz, Ruqqya; Kayani, Amjad Rashid; Nadeem, Muhammad Sajid; Mushtaq, Muhammad; Qayyum, Mazhar
通讯作者	Kayani, AR
来源期刊	MAMMALIA
ISSN	0025-1461
EISSN	1864-1547
出版年	2020
卷号	84 期号:6 页码:552-560
英文摘要	The Indian bush rat, Golunda ellioti, is indigenous to the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Food habits of this bush rat were investigated using its stomach and fecal contents. Trapping was conducted every month from November 2013 to February 2016. This over 28 months generated a total of 2520 trapping nights. Sample slides from 82 stomach and 10 fecal samples were compared with the reference slides. Field observations along with feeding the Indian bush rat in captivity revealed that it preferably fed on 27 species of grasses with Digitaria sanguinalis [frequency of occurrence (FO)=13.5%] being the most abundant one followed by Pennisetum orientale (FO=8.5 0 /0). However, the Berger-Parker index revealed that D. sanguinalis (d = 0.148) was followed by Triticum aestivum (d = 0.145). Along with that, they also consumed tillers and seeds of wheat, gram seeds and young leaves of mustard. Considering the climatic changes, its success in adapting to the arid regions and dependence on grasses for food and cover may favor this species in future.
英文关键词	food habits Indian Bush Rat Pakistan Pothwar
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000587251900005
WOS关键词	FOLIAR EPIDERMAL ANATOMY ; FORAGING BEHAVIOR ; FEEDING STRATEGY ; RODENT DAMAGE ; GRASSES ; MAMMALS ; DESERT ; RECORD ; DIET ; SELECTION
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/327389
作者单位	[Naz, Ruqqya; Kayani, Amjad Rashid; Nadeem, Muhammad Sajid; Mushtaq, Muhammad; Qayyum, Mazhar] PMAS Arid Agr Univ Rawalpindi, Dept Zool, Punjab 46300, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Naz, Ruqqya,Kayani, Amjad Rashid,Nadeem, Muhammad Sajid,et al. Food habits of the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837) in Pothwar region, Pakistan[J],2020,84(6):552-560.
APA	Naz, Ruqqya,Kayani, Amjad Rashid,Nadeem, Muhammad Sajid,Mushtaq, Muhammad,&Qayyum, Mazhar.(2020).Food habits of the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837) in Pothwar region, Pakistan.MAMMALIA,84(6),552-560.
MLA	Naz, Ruqqya,et al."Food habits of the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837) in Pothwar region, Pakistan".MAMMALIA 84.6(2020):552-560.