Habitat corridors usage by wildlife in wooded patches of an agricultural landscape in New Bussa, Nigeria ...
This study assesses the dispersal and use of corridors by wildlife in wooded patches of an agricultural landscape in New Bussa. The study was undertaken to derive information on the species of wildlife associated with different habitat corridors in both wet and dry seasons in the area, as well as...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.8298249 2023-10-01T03:59:07+02:00 Habitat corridors usage by wildlife in wooded patches of an agricultural landscape in New Bussa, Nigeria ... Fingesi, U.I. 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8298249 https://zenodo.org/record/8298249 unknown Zenodo https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8298248 Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Abundance Diversity index Habitat Corridors Nigeria Wildlife article-journal ScholarlyArticle JournalArticle 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.829824910.5281/zenodo.8298248 2023-09-04T15:20:19Z This study assesses the dispersal and use of corridors by wildlife in wooded patches of an agricultural landscape in New Bussa. The study was undertaken to derive information on the species of wildlife associated with different habitat corridors in both wet and dry seasons in the area, as well as to determine their relative abundance and diversity in the area. The direct/indirect method of census was used. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (tables), and Analysis of Variance [ANOVA] was used to test if species distribution differed between habitats. The results gathered revealed that the wet season has the highest number of mammal species than the dry Season. Hedgerows and fencerows have the highest number of mammal’s species in both wet and dry seasons. Agama agama , Rattus rattus of Muridae and Rousettus acguptiacus of Pteropodidae family, Sciurus spermophilus , Sciurus carolinensis and Epomophorus ganbianus were found to be highly abundant in all the habitat types ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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This study assesses the dispersal and use of corridors by wildlife in wooded patches of an agricultural landscape in New Bussa. The study was undertaken to derive information on the species of wildlife associated with different habitat corridors in both wet and dry seasons in the area, as well as to determine their relative abundance and diversity in the area. The direct/indirect method of census was used. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (tables), and Analysis of Variance [ANOVA] was used to test if species distribution differed between habitats. The results gathered revealed that the wet season has the highest number of mammal species than the dry Season. Hedgerows and fencerows have the highest number of mammal’s species in both wet and dry seasons. Agama agama , Rattus rattus of Muridae and Rousettus acguptiacus of Pteropodidae family, Sciurus spermophilus , Sciurus carolinensis and Epomophorus ganbianus were found to be highly abundant in all the habitat types ... |
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Habitat corridors usage by wildlife in wooded patches of an agricultural landscape in New Bussa, Nigeria ... |
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