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Table 4 A comparison of browse-grass ratio in diet of four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis) in different conditions and forest types

From: Seasonal food habits of the four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville, 1816) in tropical deciduous forests of Aravalli mountain range, Rajasthan, Western India

Study Area

Study period

Field condition

Type of forest

Method

Browse ratio (%)

Grass ratio (%)

Unidentified (%)

Reference

Nepal

Dec 2015-Jan 2016

Wild

Dry deciduous forest

MHP

66.36

29.25

4.4

Oli et al., 2018

Nepal

2012-2013

Wild

Grassland and Himalayan sub-tropical broadleaved forests

MHP

78.03

21.97

 

Kunwar et al., 2016

South India

Sept 1998-Feb 1999

Wild

Mix of tropical dry thorn, dry deciduous, moist deciduous forests with grasslands

MHP

23.3

28.6

48

Baskaran et al., 2011

Van Vihar National Park cum Zoo, India

Oct 2002

Captive

 

CE

100

0

 

Sharma et al., 2009

Western India

April 2014 to March 2016

Wild

Tropical dry deciduous forests

DO

83.08

16.92

 

Present study

  1. MHP micro-histological photography, CE cafeteria experiment, DO direst observation