AVIAN DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO CELL PHONE TOWER IN AGRICULTURAL CROP FIELDS OF LUDHIANA, PUNJAB, INDIA
- M.Sc. Student Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India.
- Ornithologist, Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
- Senior Agronomist, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
- Assistant Ornithologist, Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
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Electromagnetic radiations from cell phone towers has become a global concern for its effects on human health as well as on other fauna. This paper summarizes the effect of electromagnetic radiation from cell phone towers on bird abundance and diversity in crop fields. Bird observations were recorded within 200 and 1000 m radius of cell phone tower in crop fields of Gill and Alamgir villages of Ludhiana, Punjab, India from May 2014 to April 2015. Species richness was found to be more within 1000 m radius as compared to 200 m radius of cell phone tower in both the villages. Common Moorhen, Black-winged Stilt, Jungle Prinia, Plain Prinia and Brahminy Starling were not found within 200 m radius of cell phone tower in both the villages. In Gill village, 17 avian species were observed common both within 200 m and 1000 m radius of cell phone tower; out of these significant difference was found between 5 avian species. In Alamgir village, 15 avian species were observed common both within 200 m and 1000 m radius of cell phone tower; out of these significant difference was found between 7 avian species.
[Jashanpreet Kaur, Tejdeep Kaur Kler, Jasjit Singh Kang and Manoj Kumar (2016); AVIAN DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO CELL PHONE TOWER IN AGRICULTURAL CROP FIELDS OF LUDHIANA, PUNJAB, INDIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jan). 492-502] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
