カラスのペリットの教材化に関する基礎的研究

• 中村 雅彦

  上越教育大学自然系理科

• 梅澤 洋子

  上越教育大学自然系理科

• 黒沢 令子

  北海道大学大学院地球環境科学研究科

• 松田 道生

  日本野鳥の会東京支部

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• Basic Research on the Pellet of Crows as a Teaching Material
• カラス ノ ペリット ノ キョウザイカ ニ カンスル キソテキ ケンキュウ

抄録

An animal species’ diet constitutes the basic ecology of that species and is indispensable for understanding its ecological niche. Crows (Corvus corone and C. macrorhynchos) gather at communal roosts in winter and regurgitate indigestible portions of food as pellets on the ground under the roost. We used pellet analysis to determine crows’ diets and compared them between agricultural (Joetsu region, Niigata) and urban areas (Tokyo) in 2002 winter, The pellets were classified into plant animal and artificial matter. The major food substance in both areas was plant matter. The pellets collected in the Joetsu region were shaped like bullets and contained primarily seeds of Oryza sativa and Rhus spp. The pellets collected in Tokyo had loose texture and were flattened, and contained plant matter such as fruits and berries of trees and shrubs, Second in frequency to plant matter was artificia1 matter consisting of small pieces of white or transparent plastic usually used for garbage bags. Artificial matter also contained aluminum foil and paper, a1l of which are used for food wrappings, suggesting their association with food scraps. In this study, we discussed the utility of crow pellets for teaching food webs and the environmental issues such as garbage disposal.

収録刊行物

• 生物教育

  生物教育 46 (3), 118-125, 2006

  一般社団法人 日本生物教育学会

キーワード

• crows
• diet
• environment
• food
• pellet

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390008057583524224
• NII論文ID: 10020293358
• NII書誌ID: AN0012957X
• DOI: 10.24718/jjbe.46.3_118
• NDL書誌ID: 8833764
• ISSN: 0287119X
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/8833764
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8833764
• 本文言語コード: ja
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