An Overview of Vertebrate Pests in India
A billion-plus human population, agriculture, and development are shrinking and degrading the habitat of many of the 1,200 bird and 500 mammal species of India. With humans and herbivores competing for the same resources, many of them are becoming pests on crops. The granivorous birds depredate on s...
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ftcdlib:qt7hw2r9p9 2023-05-15T18:05:26+02:00 An Overview of Vertebrate Pests in India Sridhara, Shakunthala 510 - 521 2006-01-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7hw2r9p9 english eng eScholarship, University of California qt7hw2r9p9 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7hw2r9p9 public Sridhara, Shakunthala. (2006). An Overview of Vertebrate Pests in India. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 22(22), 510 - 521. doi:10.5070/V422110078. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7hw2r9p9 bird pests blue bull elephant frugivore bats hare India lethal control monkeys non-lethal methods peacock rodents sloth bear wild boar Life Sciences article 2006 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.5070/V422110078 2019-04-05T22:52:13Z A billion-plus human population, agriculture, and development are shrinking and degrading the habitat of many of the 1,200 bird and 500 mammal species of India. With humans and herbivores competing for the same resources, many of them are becoming pests on crops. The granivorous birds depredate on selected cereals, sunflower, groundnut, and oil palm. Guava, grape, apple, sapota, pecan, pomegranate, and pineapple are damaged significantly by frugivore birds. Amongst vertebrate pests, rodents are the most destructive. A dozen species, viz. Rattus rattus, Bandicota bengalensis, B. indica, Millardia meltada, Mus booduga, M. platythrix, Mus musculus, Tatera indica, Meriones hurrianae, Funambulus pennanti, F. palmarum, F. tristriatus, and Hystrix indica are serious pests. Cereals, pulses, oil seeds, vegetables, fruits, and plantation crops are damaged considerably. Sown seeds, seedlings of maize, sorghum, sunflower, groundnut, red gram, tender coconut, oil palm, cardamom, and cocoa are depredated much more. Other vertebrate pests of significance are Pteropus giganteus, Cynopterus sphinx, Rousettus leschenaulti (bats), Boselaphus tragocamelus (Nilgai), Elephas maximus (elephant), Macaca mulatto, and Semnopithecus entellus (monkeys). Sporadically, other langurs, sloth bear, wild boar, hare, golden jackal, and peacock become pests. This paper reviews the lethal and non-lethal methods of managing this wide of array of vertebrate pests. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus University of California: eScholarship Giganteus ENVELOPE(62.500,62.500,-67.567,-67.567) Peacock ENVELOPE(169.450,169.450,-72.217,-72.217) Sphinx ENVELOPE(31.250,31.250,-72.350,-72.350) Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 22 |
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A billion-plus human population, agriculture, and development are shrinking and degrading the habitat of many of the 1,200 bird and 500 mammal species of India. With humans and herbivores competing for the same resources, many of them are becoming pests on crops. The granivorous birds depredate on selected cereals, sunflower, groundnut, and oil palm. Guava, grape, apple, sapota, pecan, pomegranate, and pineapple are damaged significantly by frugivore birds. Amongst vertebrate pests, rodents are the most destructive. A dozen species, viz. Rattus rattus, Bandicota bengalensis, B. indica, Millardia meltada, Mus booduga, M. platythrix, Mus musculus, Tatera indica, Meriones hurrianae, Funambulus pennanti, F. palmarum, F. tristriatus, and Hystrix indica are serious pests. Cereals, pulses, oil seeds, vegetables, fruits, and plantation crops are damaged considerably. Sown seeds, seedlings of maize, sorghum, sunflower, groundnut, red gram, tender coconut, oil palm, cardamom, and cocoa are depredated much more. Other vertebrate pests of significance are Pteropus giganteus, Cynopterus sphinx, Rousettus leschenaulti (bats), Boselaphus tragocamelus (Nilgai), Elephas maximus (elephant), Macaca mulatto, and Semnopithecus entellus (monkeys). Sporadically, other langurs, sloth bear, wild boar, hare, golden jackal, and peacock become pests. This paper reviews the lethal and non-lethal methods of managing this wide of array of vertebrate pests. |
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An Overview of Vertebrate Pests in India |
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An Overview of Vertebrate Pests in India |
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Sridhara, Shakunthala. (2006). An Overview of Vertebrate Pests in India. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 22(22), 510 - 521. doi:10.5070/V422110078. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7hw2r9p9 |
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