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T1 AVIAN DIVERSITY OF LAHORE ZOO SAFARI IN WINTER SEASON LAHORE,
A1 H. Raza
A1 S. Mehmood
A1 B. N. Khan
A1 F. Bibi
A1 Z. Ali
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 25
IS 3
SP 102
OP 106
YR 2015
FD 2015/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB The study was carried out to observe the avian diversity during winter season at Lahore Zoo safari. Lahore zoo safari is 0 ’ 0 ’ located in (31 22 57 N, 74 12 47 E and elevation 208m) district Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The ecosystem is a composite of wetland, terrestrial and irrigated plantation. The survey was carried out from October 2014 to December 2014 to record the bird diversity. A total 2085 birds belonging to 52 species covering 30 families and 12 orders were observed. The season wise distribution was resident were 37 (71.1%), winter migratory 11 (21.1%), and summer breeder 4 (7.6%). Shannon-Weiner diversity index 1.93 shown a low profile of avian diversity along with, Simpson ’s diversity 2 index 0.64, species evenness 0.49, species richness 52 and census index was 1021.7 birds/km . Among the most dominant species were House crow Corvus splendens (n=600), House sparrow Passer domesticus (n=85), Common myna Acridotheres tristis (n=63), Jungle babbler Turdoides striatus (n=50) and Black crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax (n=30). 1981. The ecosystem that is composite of wetland,
K1 Diversity indices, Urbanization, Winter Diversity, Lahore Zoo Safari.
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-614