Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
We examined the diet of Amyda cartilagi-nea from 2 localities in Sarawak: Loagan BunutNational Park and Balai Ringin. The most commonlyfound items in stomach contents, when using percent-age frequency of occurrence, were plant material(77%) and unknown vertebrate parts (55%). Fecalanalysis indicated...
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| description | We examined the diet of Amyda cartilagi-nea from 2 localities in Sarawak: Loagan BunutNational Park and Balai Ringin. The most commonlyfound items in stomach contents, when using percent-age frequency of occurrence, were plant material(77%) and unknown vertebrate parts (55%). Fecalanalysis indicated similar results: plant material(100%), unknown vertebrate parts (84%), fish (69%),and unknown arthropods (62%). Results indicate thatA. cartilaginea is an opportunistic omnivore. |
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| spelling | unimas-118632016-05-05T03:31:16Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11863/ Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo Jensen, Karen A. Das, I. GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology We examined the diet of Amyda cartilagi-nea from 2 localities in Sarawak: Loagan BunutNational Park and Balai Ringin. The most commonlyfound items in stomach contents, when using percent-age frequency of occurrence, were plant material(77%) and unknown vertebrate parts (55%). Fecalanalysis indicated similar results: plant material(100%), unknown vertebrate parts (84%), fish (69%),and unknown arthropods (62%). Results indicate thatA. cartilaginea is an opportunistic omnivore. Chelonian Research Foundation 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11863/1/Dietary%20observations%20on%20the%20Asian%20softshell%20%28abstract%29.pdf Jensen, Karen A. and Das, I. (2008) Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 7 (1). pp. 136-141. ISSN 1071-8443 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232683855_Dietary_Observations_on_the_Asian_Softshell_Turtle_Amyda_cartilaginea_from_Sarawak_Malaysian_Borneo |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology Jensen, Karen A. Das, I. Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
| title | Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
| title_full | Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
| title_fullStr | Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
| title_short | Dietary observations on the Asian softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
| title_sort | dietary observations on the asian softshell turtle (amyda cartilaginea) from sarawak, malaysian borneo |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology |
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