Review on growth of mixed Heronry as assessment parameter for Wetland management
Keywords:
Aredeids, bioindicator, cormorant, resource partitioning, wetland
Abstract
Wetland management is alarming agenda in today’s globalizing India. These are important for water bird breeding colonies called Mixed Heronry-the nursery ground. With consumption of wetland areas, water bird pop ulations (especially long legged wading birds) are at greater risk. The papers that are reviewed here deals with growth of mixed heronry and its dependence on wetland ecosystem. Most of the papers show direct relation between health of mixed heronry and wealth of wetland resources. Some studies have clarified that with increase in anthropogenic disturbances or interference in wetland areas there is substantial decrease in reproductive success of mixed heronry in that particular area. Therefore reproductive success of mixed heronry is bioindicator of wetland ecosystem since coexistence of large number of birds in a given area requires differential resource partitioning as adaptive strategy facilitated by abundance and variability of resources of that area. In this review paper we have summarized how different biotic factors shape up the growth and formation of mixed heronry and by what mean this phenomenon can be considered as assessment parameter for wetland management.
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Ashoori, A. and Barati, A. (2013). Breeding success of Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), little egret (Egretta garzetta) & Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) (Aves: Ardeidae) in relation to nest height in South Caspian Sea. Italian Journal of Zoology. 80 (1): 149-154.
Ashoori, A. (2010). Breeding biology and success of the little egret (Egretta garzetta) in Karfestan Ab-bandan, Roudsar, Gilan Province. Podoces. 5 (1): 29-34.
Ayas, Z. (2008). Nest site characteristics & nest densities of Ardeids (Night Heron: Nycticorax nycticorax Grey Heron: Ardea cinera; Little egret: Egretta garzetta) in the Nallihan Bird Sanctuary (Sariyar Reservoir, Ankara, Turkey). Turk. J. Zool. 32: 167-174.
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Bayer, R. D. (1982). How important are bird colonies as information centres. The Auk. 99: 31-40. Bennets, R. E., Fasola, M., Hafner, H. and Kayser, Y. (2000). Influence of environmental and density dependent factors on reproduction of Little Egret. The Auk. 117 (3): 634-639.
Burger, J. (1979). Resource partitioning: nest site selection in mixed species colonies of Herons, Egrets & Ibises. American Midland Naturalist. 101 (1): 191-210.
Burger, J. (1981). A model for the evolution of mixed species colonies of Ciconiiformes. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 56 (2): 143-167.
Burger, J. and Gochfeld, M. (1990). Vertical nest stratification in a heronry in Madagascar. Colonial Water Bird. 13 (2): 143-146.
Carney, K.M. and Sydeman, W. J. (1999). A review of human disturbances effects on nesting colonial water birds. Water birds: The International Journal of Water Bird Biology. 22 (1): 68-79.
Dandapath, P. K., Oraon, G. and Jana, S. R. (2016). Tourism caused jeopardize of biodiversity: a case study on Mandermoni –Dadanpatrabarh coastal tourist destination in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Experimental Research and Review (IJERR). 4: 40-44.
Dragoneti, M. and Giovacchini, P. (2009). Aspects of breeding biology of cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in a Grosseto province colony (Tuscany, central Italy). Avocetta. 33: 199-204.
Durmus, A. and Adizel, O. (2010). Breeding ecology of night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax Linn.) in the Lake Van Basin, Turkey. The Journal of Animal & Plant Science. 20(2): 73-78.
Emlen, J. T. & Demong, N. I. (1971). Adaptive significance of synchronized breeding in a colonial bird. Science. 1888: 1029- 1031.
Forbes, S. (1989). Coloniality in herons: Lack's Predation Hypothesis reconsidered. Colonial Water Birds. 12 (1): 24-29.
Gopi, G. V. & Pandav, B. (2011). Nest space partitioning among colonial nesting water birds at Bhitarkanika mangroves, India. World Journal of Zoology. 6 (1): 61-72.
Hillaudin, S. J. N. & Shawl, T. A. (2003). Nest site selection and breeding success by cattle egret and little egret in Amroha, UP, India. Water birds. The International Journal of Water Bird Biology. 26 (4): 444- 448.
Ismail, A. & Rahman, F. (2012). Nesting ecology of night heron and little egret populations in a disturbed forest patch in Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia. Acta Biologica Malaysiana. 1 (3): 79-84.
Jenni, D. A. (1969). A study of ecology of four species of herons during breeding season at Lake Alice, Alachua County. Ecol. Monogr. 39: 245-270.
Jha, K. K. (2012). Some breeding and ecological aspects of heronry birds at Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary Agra, Northern India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 1(1): 35-41.
Joshi, P. and Shrivastava, V. K. (2012). Breeding biology and nest site selection of cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Tawa reservoir and surrounding area of Hoshangabad district (M.P.). Asian Journal of Exp. Biol. Sci. 3(3): 525-530.
Ju-Yong, L., Su-Ping, L., Yan-feng, S., Yue-feng, W. and Minglu, W. (2006). Population dynamics and breeding space niche of four heron species in Tanghai wetlands. Zoological Research. 27 (4): 351-356.
Kazantzidis, S., Goutner, V., Pyrovetsi, M. & Sinis, A. (1997). Comparative nest site selection and breeding success in two sympatric Ardeids, black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and little egret (Egretta garzetta) in the Axios Delta, Macedonia, Greece. Colonial Water birds. 20 (3): 505-517.
Kim, J. and Koo, T. (2009). Nest site characteristics & reproductive parameters of grey herons Ardea cinerea in Korea. Zoological Studies. 48 (5): 657-664.
Kour, D. N. and Sahi, D. N. (2013). Aspects of breeding biology of cattle egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus (boddaert) in Jammu, India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences. 3(5): 1547-1561.
McCrimmon, J. D. A. (1977). Nest site characteristics among five species of herons on the North Carolina Coast. The Auk. 95 (2): 267-280.
McKilligan, N. G. (1997). A long term study of factors influencing the breeding success of cattle egret in Australia. Colonial Water Birds. 2 (3): 419-428.
Monfils, M. J. (2004). Special animal abstract for Nycticorax nycticorax (Black crowned night heron). Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansuing, MI. Naher, H. (2014). Nesting colonies of little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) in different study areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Zool. 42 (1): 35-44.
Narayanas, S. P. and Vijayan, L. (2007). Status of colonial breeding waterbirds in Kumarakom heronry in Kerala, Southern India. Podoces. 2 (1): 22-29.
Naugle, D. E., Johnson, R. R., Meeks, W. A. & Higgins, K. F. (1996). Colonization and growth of a mixed heronry in South Dakota. Colonial Water Birds. 19 (2): 199- 206.
Neinavaz, E., Karami, M. & Danehkar, A. (2011). Investigation of Great egret (Casmerodius albus) breeding success in Hara Biosphere reserve of Iran. Environ Momit Assess. 179: 301-307.
Ogden, J. C. (1978). An evaluation of interspecific information exchange by waders of feeding flights from colonies. Proc. Colonial Water bird Group, Dekalb Ill. 1: 155-162.
Parejo, D., Sanchez, J.M. and Aviles, J.M. (1999). Factors affecting the nest height of three heron species in heronries in the south west of Spain. Ardeola. 46 (2): 227- 230.
Park, S., Kim,K., Chung,H., Choi, Y. and Sung,H. (2011). Vertical nest stratification and breeding success in a six mixed species heronry in Taesong, Chungbuk, Korea. Animal Cells & System. 1 (15): 85-90.
Pianka, E. R. (1974). Niche overlap and diffuse competition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 71: 2141- 2145.
Sardar, R., Chakraborty, D. and Sardar, M. (2016). Disharmoy between man - environment relationship: A serious threat to the Sundarban's wild nature. International Journal of Experimental Research and Review (IJERR). 8: 46-58.
Shigesada, N., Kawasaki,K. and Teraenoto,E. (1979). Spatial segregation of interacting species. J. Theor. Biol. 79: 83-99.
Saveljić, D. (2006). The breeding of Pygmy cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus in Montenegro: A review. Acrocephalus. 27 (130/131): 123- 129.
Vessem, J. V., Draulans, D. (1986). The adaptive significance of colonial breeding in the grey heron Ardea cinerea : inter and intra colony variability in breeding success. Omis Scandinavica. 17 (4): 356- 362.
Volponi, S. (1999). Reproduction of a newly established population of great cormorant in northeastern Italy. Water birds Society. 22 (2): 263-273.
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Ghosh, T., Banerjee, D., Routh, D., Debnath, M., & Pramanick, K. (2017). Review on growth of mixed Heronry as assessment parameter for Wetland management. International Journal of Experimental Research and Review, 13, 26-33. Retrieved from https://qtanalytics.in/journals/index.php/IJERR/article/view/1266
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