Essays about: "focal animal sampling"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words focal animal sampling.

  1. 16. Behaviours of wild male and female Colobus angolensis palliatus during morning and afternoon in Diani Beach, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Julia Buskas; [2011]
    Keywords : Colobus angolensis palliatus; males; females; morning; afternoon; behaviour;

    Abstract : Colobus angolensis palliatus is a small old world monkey inhabiting southern coastal Kenya to southern Tanzania. The species activity budget is known to vary between seasons and areas, probably due to differences in group sizes, diets, predatory presence and resource competition. READ MORE

  3. 17. The major food trees of the Angola black-andwhitecolobus (Colobus angolensis palliatus)in Diani Forest, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Camilla Jansson; [2011]
    Keywords : colobus; monkey; feeding behaviour; digestive tract; tree;

    Abstract : The Angola black-and-white colobus (Colobus angolensis palliatus) is a subspecies of Colobus angolensis inhabiting fragmented forests in coastal Kenya and Tanzania. C. angolensis is regarded as Least Concern in the red list of IUCN because its populations are abundant. However, the populations of C. READ MORE

  4. 18. The black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis palliatus) of Diani forest, Kenya : behavioural responses to habitat fragmentation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Robert O'Dwyer; [2011]
    Keywords : colobus angolensis palliatus; diani beach; behaviour; sex; age; foraging; home range overlap; path length; sex and age class;

    Abstract : The loss of habitat is one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity today. Consequences to a species inhabiting fragmented habitats include: group size changes, altered diets and altered foraging behaviours. READ MORE

  5. 19. Behavioral patterns in a population of Samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis erythrarcus)

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Cecilia Tegner; [2011]
    Keywords : Arboreality; behavioral patterns; C. albogularis; samango monkey; scan-sampling;

    Abstract : The understanding of behavioral patterns in different species is an important part of the proper management and conservation of wild populations of animals. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of behavioral patterns in the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis erythrarcus) of northern South Africa. READ MORE

  6. 20. A comparison of group housing and individual housing for dairy bulls kept for breeding

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Isabel Dahlgren; [2010]
    Keywords : bulls; housing; welfare; social behaviour; activity;

    Abstract : This study was conducted at VikingGenetics' bull breeding station in Falkenberg, Sweden. The bulls waiting for the results of their progeny testing at this station are either kept in group housing or individual housing. READ MORE