Exploring cattle sheds as complementary avifaunal habitat niches in rice dominated agricultural areas in Punjab, India

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q3 AGRONOMY

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI:10.9755/ejfa.2023.v35.i5.3093

Harnoor Kaur Grewal, Tejdeep Kaur Kler, Sukhpreet Kaur Sidhu

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Avian diversity has often been studied in agricultural habitats, but ornithological aspect of cattle sheds has never been studied. This exploratory study was conducted with the objective of studying the potential of cattle sheds for sustaining avian abundance and diversity in rice dominated agricultural areas. The study was done in Rice Field Ecosystem (System I) and Cattle Shed Ecosystem (System II) during 2019 and 2020 monsoon crop season from selected villages, namely, Dangon, Pakhowal and Sarabha (district Ludhiana), Punjab. It was recorded that 26 avian species (mainly of grassland habitat) were present in cattle sheds from a total 34 avian species (wetland, grassland and open countryside inhabiting species) observed in rice fields, which reflected that cattle sheds support a wide proportion of avian fauna and complement rice fields in supporting and preserving avian abundance and diversity. There is immense need to explore and accordingly lay emphasis on boosting dairy as allied sector so that cattle sheds can be exploited in preservation of diverse avian populations and thereby reinforcing approach of sustainable agriculture. Keywords: Avian diversity, Avian feeding guilds, Cattle Shed, Grassland birds, Rice crop

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在印度旁遮普邦以水稻为主的农业区，探索牛棚作为互补的鸟类栖息地

鸟类多样性在农业栖息地的研究较多，但牛棚鸟类学方面的研究却很少。本探索性研究的目的是研究在水稻为主的农业区，牛棚维持鸟类丰度和多样性的潜力。该研究于2019年和2020年季风作物季节在旁遮普的Dangon、Pakhowal和Sarabha村的稻田生态系统(系统I)和牛棚生态系统(系统II)中进行。在稻田观测到的34种鸟类(湿地、草地和开阔乡村栖息种)中，牛棚中出现了26种鸟类(主要是草地栖息种)，反映了牛棚支持了广泛的鸟类动物群，并与稻田互补，支持和保护了鸟类的丰度和多样性。迫切需要探索并相应地重视促进乳品行业的发展，使牛棚能够用于保护各种鸟类种群，从而加强可持续农业的做法。关键词:鸟类多样性，鸟类饲养协会，牛棚，草原鸟类，水稻作物

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Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture AGRONOMYFOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY&nb-FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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期刊介绍： The "Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture [EJFA]" is a unique, peer-reviewed Journal of Food and Agriculture publishing basic and applied research articles in the field of agricultural and food sciences by the College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.