Development of adaptive learning system based on the field dependent/
independent cognitive style model for improving learning performance

Abstract :

The present study on food habits of tiger (Panthera tigris) and its co-predator in Sathyamangalam forest division showed that tigers, leopards and dhole were largely preyed upon ungulates in the study area. Chital and Sambar were the high assemblage ungulates and also they were the most preferred prey for all the three carnivores. The present study also showed that tiger, leopard and dhole could co-exist in the same habitat, and there were diet overlap and competition among three predators for the prey preferred species in the Sathyamangalam forest division. Among the two prey species chital was the most preferred preys. Nevertheless the size and weight of the prey play a vital role on the prey preference by the carnivores, which depend on their body size. The tiger kill data also showed that there was more number of sambar killed by tiger followed by gaur and chital. Larger size of sambar and gaur than chital or tiger made easy to locate the carcass, and the predator ate the entire carcass on the same day itself. The present study also clearly shows that there is reasonable number of all the three carnivores found in the forest division.