THE SALT LICK

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Scott High Tower
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lick

scholarly journals Impact of natural salt lick on the home range of Panthera tigris at the Royal Belum Rainforest, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Andrew Lazarus ◽  
Azlan Che-Amat ◽  
Muhammad Muzammil Abdul Halim Shah ◽  
Azwan Hamdan ◽  
Hasliza Abu Hassim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Prey Availability ◽  
Nutritional Ecology ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Panthera Tigris ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Salt Lick ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Salt Licks

AbstractNatural salt lick (sira) is a strategic localisation for ecological wildlife assemblage to exhibit geophagy which may act as a population dynamic buffer of prey and predators. Undoubtedly, many agree that geophagy at natural licks is linked to nutritional ecology, health and assembly places facilitating social interaction of its users. Overall, natural salt licks not only save energy of obtaining nutrient leading to health maintenance but also forms the basis of population persistence. The Royal Belum Rainforest, Malaysia (Royal Belum) is a typical tropical rainforest in Malaysia rich in wildlife which are mainly concentrated around the natural salt lick. Since this is one of the most stable fauna ecology forest in Malaysia, it is timely to assess its impact on the Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris) home range dynamics. The three-potential home ranges of the Malayan tiger in this rainforest were selected based on animal trails or foot prints surrounding the salt lick viz (e.g. Sira Kuak and Sira Batu; Sira Rambai and Sira Buluh and Sira Papan) as well as previous sightings of a Malayan tiger in the area, whose movement is dependent on the density and distribution of prey. Camera traps were placed at potential animal trails surrounding the salt lick to capture any encountered wildlife species within the area of the camera placements. Results showed that all home ranges of Malayan tiger were of no significance for large bodied prey availability such as sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), and smaller prey such as muntjacs (Muntiacus muntjac) and wild boar (Sus scrofa). Interestingly, all home range harbour the Malayan tiger as the only sole predator. The non-significance of prey availability at each home range is attributed to the decline of the Malayan tiger in the rainforest since tigers are dependant on the movement of its preferred prey surrounding natural salt licks. Thus, the information from this study offers fundamental knowledge on the importance of prey-predator interaction at salt lick which will help in designing strategy in rewilding or rehabilitation programs of the Malayan tiger at the Royal Belum Rainforest.

Relation of Moon Phases to the Occurrence of Mule Deer at a Washington Salt Lick

1950 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irven O. Buss ◽  
Frank H. Harbert
Keyword(s):  
Mule Deer ◽  
Moon Phases ◽  
Salt Lick

scholarly journals Wild Life Flash Photography

Oryx ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 359-362
Author(s):  
H. J. Kitchener
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Observation Window ◽  
Salt Lick ◽  
Wild Life

For some twenty odd years I have been a photographer of wild life in the Malayan jungle with some measure of success in the daylight field. But not until eighteen months ago did I turn my attention to night photography—after watching a large sambar stag, hind and fortnight-old fawn one moonlight night from a hide near a salt lick.My cameras are an Agiflex III, 2¼ × 2¼, with a 24 cm. tele lens and a 35 mm. Kine Exakta VX with a 13·5 cm. tele lens. These cameras are used side by side on a brass bar which is fitted on to a turn-tilt head on a very heavy solid tripod. The tripod is firmly established at one observation window of the hide. At the other window two flashguns are mounted either on tripods or posts driven into the ground. A third flashgun— an extension unit from one of the two main flashguns—is mounted on a post at the corner of the hide some 8 feet away from the cameras and 6 feet above them.

The Salt Lick Creek layered intrusion, East Kimberley region, Western Australia

1975 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. G. Wilkinson ◽  
M. B. Duggan ◽  
H. K. Herbert ◽  
G. I. Z. Kalocsai
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Layered Intrusion ◽  
Salt Lick

scholarly journals Buff boys and clever girls at the salt lick

2014 ◽  
Vol 217 (19) ◽  
pp. 3391-3391
Author(s):  
D. E. Rozen
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lick

scholarly journals “Salt lick potentials in Ecotourism Management of Borgu Sector”: Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
M.K.A Wahab ◽  
A. A. Alarape ◽  
S. K. Halidu ◽  
I. A. Idowu
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Salt Lick ◽  
Kainji Lake

scholarly journals SHORT-TERM MEASURES TO AVOID RETALIATORY KILLING OF A TAPIR (Tapirus bairdii ) DURING A CASE OF HUMAN CONFLICT AT LA AMISTAD BIOSPHERE RESERVE, COSTA RICA

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Diego A. Gómez-Hoyos ◽  
Rocío Seisdedos-de-Vergara ◽  
Fernando Castañeda ◽  
Jan Schipper ◽  
Ronit Amit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Crop Raiding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Research Priority ◽  
La Amistad Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Salt Lick ◽  
Human Conflict ◽  
Alternative Solutions

AbstractThe increase in human tapir conflict and lack of management options is worrying and has been identified as a research priority in previous conservation planning reviews for the group. Crop-raiding by Baird’s tapir was reported on a private farm within the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve, Costa Rica. We conducted an open interview with the owner and baited the tapir out of the damaged area using an artificial salt-lick. The measures taken (quick response, assistance on alternative solutions, and the decision to use of salt-licks) were successful short-term measures to avoid lethal retaliatory control of tapirs.Key words: conservation, crop-raiding, hunting, interview, salt-lick, tapir.ResumenEl aumento en los conflictos humano-tapir y la falta de opciones de manejo es preocupante, por lo que han sido identificados como una prioridad de investigación en revisiones previas de planeación para la conservación del grupo. En una finca privada ubicada dentro de la Reserva de la Biósfera La Amistad, Costa Rica, se reportó el daño a cultivos de un tapir centroamericano. Se realizó una entrevista abierta con el propietario y se atrajo al tapir fuera del área afectada usando un saladero artificial. Las medidas a corto plazo tomadas (respuesta rápida, asistencia en soluciones alternativas y la decisión del uso de saladeros) al parecer fueron exitosas para evitar el control letal retaliativo de tapires.Palabras clave: asalto de cultivos, cacería, conservación, entrevistas, saladeros, tapir.

(salt) lick

2014 ◽  
pp. 1159-1159
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lick
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