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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Main Authors: Jensen, Karen A., Das, I.
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Language:English
Published: Chelonian Research Foundation 2008
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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
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11863/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11863/1/Dietary%20observations%20on%20the%20Asian%20softshell%20%28abstract%29.pdf