World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

IMPACTS OF VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND FIRE ON THE AVIAN POPULATIONS OF MUDUMALAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

Subramanian C.* and Thiyagesan K.

ABSTRACT

The impacts of vegetation characteristics and occurrence of fire on avian populations of Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary are documented in this paper. Vegetation characteristics such as canopy volume, species richness and flowering tree density and diversity entered as significant factors in the multiple regression equation predicting the bird density across the habitats studied. Fire also entered as a significant factor in the multiple regression equation for predicting avian populations presumably by its effects resulting in higher productivity of food supplies to the bird communities.

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