Description
The Avifaunal diversity study of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, 2019(January-June) is published by Nature Mates Nature Club. The Botanical Garden, also referred to as the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden, spans across 109 hectares and falls under the purview of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), which operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment and Forest of the Government of India. The location of the site is on the western bank of the Ganga River in Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India. On June 25th, 2009, the title was bestowed in recognition of the contributions made by Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, a scientist hailing from Bengal. The botanical garden serves as a dynamic collection of 1377 distinct plant species, encompassing a total of 14122 individual plants, including trees, shrubs, and climbers. These plants are carefully cultivated and organized into 25 distinct divisions. The area in question boasts a network of 24 interconnected lakes, which are linked to the Ganges via sluices to facilitate the periodic inflow and outflow of water. The primary point of interest within this botanical garden is the Great Banyan tree, which boasts an age of approximately 250 years and is widely regarded as the largest banyan tree and second largest canopy on the planet. In addition to its vast array of floral species, the ecosystem also supports a heterogeneous community of avian, lepidopteran, arthropod, squamate, amphibian, and select mammalian taxa. In contemporary times, the loss of natural habitat and biodiversity due to population expansion has become a pressing concern. In this context, botanical gardens, such as the Indian Botanical Garden, have emerged as significant institutions for the preservation of the natural environment and biodiversity through conservation and educational initiatives. The Indian Botanical Garden harbours a diverse avian community comprising both resident and migratory species. The present dataset comprises a record of avian species documented during an avifaunal diversity survey conducted in the botanical garden from January 2019 to June 2019. Two surveys were conducted on a monthly basis. All identified species have been classified either at the genus or species level. The study documented the presence of 70 avian species, which were classified into 34 distinct families and 14 orders.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 12 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Basu Roy A, Chatterjee L, Samanta T, Basu Roy R, Sengupta N, Barve V (2023). Avifaunal diversity study of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, 2019(January-June). Version 1.0. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Samplingevent dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=bgarden_2019&v=1.0
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Geographic Coverage
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden commonly known as Botanical garden covers an area of 109 hectares and is under Botanical Survey of India(BSI) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. It is situated on the west bank of Ganga River in Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [22.552, 88.282], North East [22.564, 88.301] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All identified species have been classified either at the genus or species level. The study documented the presence of 70 avian species, which were classified into 34 distinct families and 14 orders.
| Class | Aves (Bird) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2019-01-02 / 2019-06-14 |
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Sampling Methods
Random Sampling For six months, two surveys were done each month.. The distance traveled by foot was 3 km for two and half hours. Equipment used are binocular Olympus (10*50 DPS I ) Camera (Nikon Coolpix P900, P600, B600). Observed data were recorded in the field notebook.
| Study Extent | The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden commonly known as Botanical garden covers an area of 109 hectares and is under Botanical Survey of India(BSI) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. It is situated on the west bank of Ganga River in Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India. |
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Method step description:
- Direct observation, Call identification, Field notes, Photography
Bibliographic Citations
- Chatterjee L, Basu Roy A, Panja B (2022) Howrah Jelar Pakhi. Citadel Publishing. 2022 https://naturematesindia.org/product/howrah-zilar-pakhi/
- Grimmett R, Inskipp C, Inskipp T (2016) Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- eBird. 2022. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org
- IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | To study the avian biodiversity of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=bgarden_2019 |