| Abstrakt: |
A 3 day transect line survey was conducted in May 2016 and November 2016 in 75 transect lines covering core area over entire landscape of 1194.75 sqkm2 of similipal Tiger reserve (STR) for relative abundance of prey species. During survey period prey species were encountered along the transect lines like sambar, chital, Barking deer, wild pig, common langur, Rhesus macaque, Indian gaur, Giant squirrel, pea fowl, Hare and Elephant. In Pre- Monsoon over all 32.7±4.32SE/km2 prey population was estimated in Similipal Core division. Simillarly in Post-Monsoon over all 37.3±2.3SE/km2 was estimated in Similipal Core division. Continous prey population monitoring is going on in Similipal Tiger Reserve which may indicates the rising of prey populations in the tiger reserve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
