Phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma, Nouth-East of Hauts Plateaux, Algeria)
This work aims to study phenology and daytime budget of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Anatidae) for two wintering seasons (2017/2018, 2018/2019) at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma) North-East of Algeria from September to March. The obtained results show that common shelduck has the status of a wintering...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5d9b869baaef4dcab943924fddd7e41d 2023-10-09T21:55:54+02:00 Phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma, Nouth-East of Hauts Plateaux, Algeria) Leila Bouaguel Nabil Charchar Moussa Houhamdi 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.7.e68903 https://doaj.org/article/5d9b869baaef4dcab943924fddd7e41d EN eng Altai State University https://abs.pensoft.net/article/68903/download/pdf/ https://abs.pensoft.net/article/68903/download/xml/ https://abs.pensoft.net/article/68903/ https://doaj.org/toc/2412-1908 doi:10.3897/abs.7.e68903 2412-1908 https://doaj.org/article/5d9b869baaef4dcab943924fddd7e41d Acta Biologica Sibirica, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 293-306 (2021) Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna</i> phenology Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.7.e68903 2023-09-10T00:49:02Z This work aims to study phenology and daytime budget of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Anatidae) for two wintering seasons (2017/2018, 2018/2019) at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma) North-East of Algeria from September to March. The obtained results show that common shelduck has the status of a wintering species. It was observed presently in the site during the study period. Common shelduck numbers begin to increase from the first decade of September to reach the maximums between late December and early January, where we had recorded the peaks of abundance 840 for the first season and 930 for the second. During our monitoring, budget time results showed that feeding is the dominant activity (surface water feeding, feeding on banks, and feeding by tipping), which take a ratio of more than 68%, the second activity is swimming with 18.71%, followed by preening which holds 9.14%, sleeping activity with a ratio of 2.38%, flight take the five range with a ratio of 0.82%. Finally, courtship and agonistic behavior recorded the lowest ratio on all budget time – 0.42% and 0.38% respectively. We can conclude that Sebkhet Bazer is a diurnal grazing ground for this Anatidae species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sibirica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Acta Biologica Sibirica 7 293 306 |
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This work aims to study phenology and daytime budget of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna (Anatidae) for two wintering seasons (2017/2018, 2018/2019) at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma) North-East of Algeria from September to March. The obtained results show that common shelduck has the status of a wintering species. It was observed presently in the site during the study period. Common shelduck numbers begin to increase from the first decade of September to reach the maximums between late December and early January, where we had recorded the peaks of abundance 840 for the first season and 930 for the second. During our monitoring, budget time results showed that feeding is the dominant activity (surface water feeding, feeding on banks, and feeding by tipping), which take a ratio of more than 68%, the second activity is swimming with 18.71%, followed by preening which holds 9.14%, sleeping activity with a ratio of 2.38%, flight take the five range with a ratio of 0.82%. Finally, courtship and agonistic behavior recorded the lowest ratio on all budget time – 0.42% and 0.38% respectively. We can conclude that Sebkhet Bazer is a diurnal grazing ground for this Anatidae species. |
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Phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma, Nouth-East of Hauts Plateaux, Algeria) |
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Phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma, Nouth-East of Hauts Plateaux, Algeria) |
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Phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma, Nouth-East of Hauts Plateaux, Algeria) |
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Phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck Tadorna tadorna at Sebkhet Bazer (El-Eulma, Nouth-East of Hauts Plateaux, Algeria) |
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phenology and diurnal behavior of common shelduck tadorna tadorna at sebkhet bazer (el-eulma, nouth-east of hauts plateaux, algeria) |
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