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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake
Figure 33 – Biodiversity Index of bird species during summer across all
sites
30%
10%
10%
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10%
40%
Keti Bunder
Keenjhar Lake
Chotiari
Reservoir
Pai Forest
It can be inferred the biodiversity runs (highest first) from Keti Bunder >Pai Forest
>Keenjhar Lake> Chotiari Reservoir>Shah Belo.
Interestingly Chotiari Reservoir comes second to last whereas it would be
expected to be on top like it does for mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Keti
Bunder and Keenjhar Lake certainly have the potential to support a diverse
variety of avifauna even though they are subjected to a high level of
environmental degradation.
Looking at similarity index it can be inferred that the index value (highest first)
runs as: Keenjhar lake: Chotiari Reservoir = Keenjhar Lake: Keti Shah>Chotiari
Reservoir: Shah Belo>Keti Bunder: Chotiari Reservoir=Keti Bunder: Keenjhar
lake>Pai Forest: Chotiari Reservoir>Keti Bunder: Keti Shah>Keti Bunder: Pai
Forest>Keenjhar Lake: Pai Forest
Note: Species Similarity decreases from Keenjhar Lake: Chotiari Reservoir =
Keenjhar lake: Shah Belo to Keenjhar Lake: Pai Forest
The list below gives the comparison index for each comparison. Figure 34 gives
a graphical outlay of the index.
Similarity Index
o Similarity Index Keti Bunder and Keenjhar Lake =0.62
o Similarity Index Keti Bunder and Pai Forest =0.56
o Similarity Index Keti Bunder and Chotiari Reservoir =0.62
o Similarity Index Keti Bunder and Shah Belo =0.59
o Similarity Index Keenjhar Lake and Pai Forest =0.53
o Similarity Index Keenjhar Lake and Chotiari Reservoir =0.68
o Similarity Index Keenjhar Lake and Shah Belo =0.68
o Similarity Index Pai Forest and Chotiari Reservoir =0.60
o Similarity Index Pai Forest and Shah Belo =0.54
o Similarity Index Chotiari Reservoir and Shah Belo =0.64
Figure 34 – Similarity Index for birds recorded during summer across all
sites