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On the prey of the Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena (Pennant)) at Auroville, Pondicherry

2002; Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society; Volume: 17; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11609/jott.zpj.17.11.939-40

0973-2551

Boris Verzhutskii, Mario Eric Ramanujam,

Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Two different ravine cum re-afforested plantation areas in the Auroville bioregion constituted the study sites: 'Aspiration', about a kilometre from the seashore, entirely forested with an average tree height of 10m. (afforestation since 1977), and 'Aranya', about 12km from the seashore in the vicinity of Ousteri Lake, with an average tree height of 5m (afforestation since 1993) and the dominant vegetation being grasses Aristida sp., Paspalum sp., Heteropogon contortus, etc. (Fig. 1).