Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (<i>Elephas maximus</i>) in the Foothills of Western Ghats

Exploring the Nutritional Potential of Wild Grass Fodder for Mega Herbivore (<i>Elephas maximus</i>) in the Foothills of Western Ghats

An elephant, being a mega herbivore, consumes large amounts of food. Due to the lack of availability of fodder inside the forest, the elephants move out of their habitat areas and also find agricultural crops attractive, which further results in man–animal conflict. To improve the elephant habitat a...

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Main Authors: Mohan Packialakshmi, Muthusamy Palani Divya, Krishnamoorthy Baranidharan, Seshadri Geetha, Kalipatty Nalliappan Ganesan, Manickam Vijayabhama, Srinivasan Manivasakan, Palanivel Hemalatha, Palaniswamy Radha, Meenakshisundaram Tilak, Venugopal Priyanka, Settu Krishnamoorthi, Balasubramaniam Vinothini, Jayesh Yuvraj Zende, Nikhil Balu Rajput
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
native
grass fodder
nutritional character
elephant
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/19/2668

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