In support of Shekhar, I am forwarding two pictures Man made girdle
http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=pdb&PdbID=53218 Slight debarking done by Chital http://pick14.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_PAO4724&res=640 Pankaj Oudhia http://knol.google.com/k/pankaj-oudhia/pankaj-oudhia/3nerdtj3s9l79/1# On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Shekhar Marathe < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friend, > There is a difference in the terms girdling and debarking. The first one is > done by humans to kill the standing tree. The trees die and also get hard > and dry at the site it self. I have seen it in Nagari ( Jharkhand) .in > Dehradun and Thane and gadchiroli ( MS). This is mostly done by the tribals > and the villagers to clear up the forest areas for cultivation. The > debarking is done by wild animals to escape the food shortage period. Mostly > done by the elephants in the Rajaji and Corbett during summer when the grass > is not available. The tusks of the elephants is a major device for > debarking. I have also seen sanmbar and chitals of that area > urs friendly > shekhar marathe > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
