Characteristics of Trees Used as Nest Sites by Apis dorsata in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve India_2009 Journal of Tropical Ecology

Title: Characteristics of Trees Used as Nest Sites by Apis dorsata in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve India_2009 Journal of Tropical Ecology
Description: The servey report of Apis dorsata nests in two sites in NBR in the western ghats of India. Appankappu and Bedaguli has moderately disturbed semi-evergreen forestds and Grasslands, The distribution of nests per tree was tested using a Kolgomorov-Smirnov test. In appankappu 24 nests were recorded on 11 trees belonging to 6 species. the shortest nesting tree was 20 M tall, tallest nesting tree was 40 M. In bedaguli 16 trees from 11 species hosted 46 nests. 25M was the tallest and 18M is the shortest. Characteristics of trees used as nest sites by Apis dorsata.
Contributor: Sumin George Thomas, Anitha varghese, Pratim roy, Nicola Bradbear, Simon G Potts and Priya Davidar,
Date: 2009
Format: .pdf
Language: English
Publisher: Keystone Foundation
Tag: Apis dorsata, biodiversity, NBR, nest location, tree structure
theme: Apiculture

Media: 2009 Journal of Tropical Ecology Characteristics of Trees Used as Nest Sites by Apis dorsata in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve India.pdf

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