Relative abundance and status of water birds in Taungthaman lake, Mandalay, Myanmar

Abstract

Birds are sensitive indicators of pollutions in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.1 They are among the best monitors of environmental changes.2 In ecology, they are of tremendous importance because of their key roles as pollinators and agents of seed dispersal.3 Habitats also change seasonally and over a period of years as successional change proceeds in a plant community. The geographic location of different habitats shifts as the climate changes.4