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Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-6  Year-2024         Original Research Articles


Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215
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A Study about Human Interference on the Two Caves of Khandagiri of Odisha State, India in the Viral Pandemic Year (2020), in Comparison with a Normal Year (2021)
Srianga Tilak Patnaik* and Debasrita Mohanty
Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswara, Odisha – 751003, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The subterranean karst system with its unexplored fauna and flora is an area of curiosity for researchers. The present study on the faunal diversity of the twin caves of Khandagiri, located in the capital of Odisha, is one of such less explored terrains. The seasonal variation of the vertebrates (including bats, geckos, frogs) and invertebrates (including ants and cave beetles) is compared with temporal changes in the two caves of Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India in the COVID 19 pandemic year of 2020 with the normal year of 2021. These caves are a tourist destination; the faunal distribution is disturbed by human activities. The comparative diversity of animals in such caves is of high implication to understand the bio-geological phenomena and its reflex to anthropogenic activities.

Keywords: Caves, fauna, Anthropogenic, Odisha, Khandagiri Cave.
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How to cite this article:

Srianga Tilak Patnaik and Debasrita Mohanty. 2024. A Study about Human Interference on the Two Caves of Khandagiri of Odisha State, India in the Viral Pandemic Year (2020), in Comparison with a Normal Year (2021).Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 12(6): 111-117
doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrar.2024.1206.013
Copyright: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.


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