Lophura nycthemere's choice of night roosts and their night-roosting behavior
- Received Date: 2005-03-29
- Rev Recd Date: 2005-05-26
- Publish Date: 2005-10-20
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Key words:
- silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemere) /
- night roost /
- night-roosting trees /
- night-roosting behavior
Abstract: Silver pheasant's choice of night roosts and their night-roosting behavior were studied .The results indicated that the night roosts of silver pheasant were evergreen arbors near mountain valley , mainly including Cyclobatanolpsis glauca , Castanopsis eyrei , Castanopsis sclerophylla and Cinnamomum camphora , etc .The nightroostingtime differed in different seasons and weathers .It was 72 minutes longer in autumn and winter than in spring and summer , and 43 minutes longer in rainy day than in sunny day .The night roosting was related to illumination .It began at dusk when the illumination was below 5 lx and ended in the early morning when the umination was over 5 lx .The night roosts should be at the elevation between 600 -900 m and slope between 30- 45.[ Ch , 1 fig .4 tab .8 ref .]
Citation: | SHAO Chen, HU Yi-zhong. Lophura nycthemere's choice of night roosts and their night-roosting behavior[J]. Journal of Zhejiang A&F University, 2005, 22(5): 562-565. |