Foraging Niche Characteristics of Horses, Sheep and Goats in an Alpine Meadow of the Indian Central Himalaya

Food habits of ungulates in dry tropical forests of Gir Lion Sanctuary, Gujarat, India

“…The diet breadth (B) for each ungulate species for each season was calculated by following Negi et al (1993) using Levins's response breadth (B) formula:…”

Depletion of Oak (Quercus spp.) Forests in the Western Himalaya: Grazing, Fuelwood and Fodder Collection

“…In some pastures, grazing is essential to maintain species diversity (Naithani et al 1992, Negi et al 1993, Saberwal 1996 mainly in the Himalayan alpine region, but some other studies (Ram et al 1989, Sundariyal and Joshi 1990, Singh 1991, Rawat and Uniyal 1993and Kala 1998 revealed that intermediate level of grazing maintains species diversity. Besides, livestock grazing abiotic factors like snowfall, soil, altitudes and aspects also influence the structure and composition of these pastures (Kala et al 1995).…”

A comparison of food resources used by Mongolian gazelles and sympatric livestock in three areas in Mongolia

“…Despite the high importance of research, there have been amazingly few studies on wild ungulate-livestock inter-relations (Hobbs et al, 1996a, b;Prins, 2000;Putman, 1996), though there are some recent challenges in inner Asia Negi et al, 1993;Schaller, 1998). One of the prerequisite information for this is food habits of animals (Bagchi et al, 2004;Mishra et al, 2004;Putman, 1996;Schaller, 1998).…”