MSc Dissertation (SACON)

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    Factors influencing the habitat use of owls in a mosaic landscape in Garo Hills, Meghalaya
    (SACON, 2020) SAILAS, S. SANGEETH; Pramod, P; Babu, S
    Habitat use of owls is under-studied in the tropics, and more so in North-eastern India, a part of the Indo-Burma region, one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world. Twenty species of owls have been recorded in North-eastern India, and yet there have not been much studies on any of them from the region. Hence, a study on the habitat use of owls was conceived, selecting the Garo Hills in Meghalaya as the study site, where the landscape is a mosaic made up of plantations, agricultural fields, settlements, disturbed and undisturbed forests. The presence of Community Reserves, a type of Community Conserved Area, adds to the heterogeneity in the landscape.
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    Influence of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on Anti-predatory Behaviour of Penisular Rock Agama Psammophilus dorsalis
    (2020) CHAVAN, DEEPAK; Babu, S; Isvaran, Kavita
    In response to human disturbance in the form of habitat alteration, lizards inhabiting distinct habitats should modify their anti-predatory behaviour to match the level of risk imposed by the habitat parameters. Apart from habitat, escape decisions are expected to be influenced by multiple factors, however, most studies examine one or a few factors acting individually which hinders our understanding of their relative importance. In this study, I looked at the influence of habitat alteration on escape decisions of juvenile Peninsular Rock agama Psammophilus dorsalis by comparing two populations, one inhabiting a restored scrub and thorny habitat, which is naturally found and the other inhabiting an open habitat degraded because of heavy grazing. The study was conducted in thorny scrub forests around Rishy Valley School, Andhra Pradesh during January to August 2020.