Habitat Preference and Social Composition of Sarus Cranes in Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Author: Adesh Kumar and Amita Kanaujia

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Abstract

The socio-ecological organizations of birds are complex, controlled by many factors, and organized in relation to the ecological factors especially plant species diversity, food dispersion and predator diversity and density. These ecological aspects influence the group size and composition of birds’ species. The aim of the present study was to find out the habitat preference and social configuration of Sarus cranes Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh for its conservation significance as the habitat is being degraded rapidly due to increasing human population, industrialization, loss of habitat (rapid declining of wetlands) and other developing activities. The Sarus crane is listed as a Vulnerable category of IUCN Red list, 2010. The habitat preference and social composition of the Sarus crane was studied. Study was conducted in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh from January 2015 to March 2016. It has been found that 3% of individuals of sarus crane were single, 10% in pairs and 87% in groups

Keywords

Sarus Cranes, Unnao, Habitat preference and composition.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the abundance and density of Sarus Cranes had decreased and the social composition including group was different in the dry part of Unnao district in relation to existing population of these Sarus in other parts of their natural distribution. Importance for the conservation of sarus species. It is doubtful that entire sites in present densely populated Unnao district will continuously become availablefor Sarus crane conservation, and the proliferation of cultivation and harvestation at the cost ofwetlands areforthcoming. Some areas in Unnao district are still providing excellent persistence of significant population of sarus crane. Conservation intrusions in these situations mustbe carefully considered. An improved considerate of the on-site situations could be used in conveying specific conservation plans for the species in the Unnao district.One of the conservation improvement strategies is that of promoting educational efforts on long-term basis by concentrating on

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The socio-ecological organizations of birds are complex, controlled by many factors, and organized in relation to the ecological factors especially plant species diversity, food dispersion and predator diversity and density. These ecological aspects influence the group size and composition of birds’ species. The study of habitat uses and selection in birds hasa long tradition (Grinnell 1917, Kendeigh 1945, Svardson 1949, Hilden 1965; Block and Brennan1993). Early habitat-selection theory was characterizedby correlative models of habitat characteristicsand species abundance (MacArthur and Pianka1966, Verner et al. 1986, Rosenzweig 1991).A classic ecological study by MacArthur inspired many biologists to consider how plant foliage and diversities influence the distribution of bird species within a community (MacArthur and MacArthur, 1961). Co-existence of species in a habitat is facilitate by differential use of food resources (Bagchi et al., 2003). overlapping of food resources and i

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Adesh Kumar and Amita Kanaujia (2017). Habitat Preference and Social Composition of Sarus Cranes in Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal 9(2): 10-16.