Keystone food resources for honey bees in South Indian west coast during monsoon


Autoria(s): Balachandran, C; Chandran, Subash MD; Ramachandra, TV
Data(s)

2014

Resumo

The low level, denuded, laterite landscape of coastal Uttara Kannada has a rich diversity of monsoon herbs, including threatened and newly discovered ones. Our study reveals that honey bees congregate on the ephemeral herb community of Utricularias, Eriocaulons and Impatiens during their gregarious monsoon flowering period. Apis dorsata had highest visitations on Utricularias, Impatiens and Flacourtia indica, whereas Trigona preferred Eriocaulons. Laterite herb flora merits conservation efforts as a keystone food resource for the insect community, especially for honey bees.

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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/49375/1/cur_sci_106-10_1379_2014.pdf

Balachandran, C and Chandran, Subash MD and Ramachandra, TV (2014) Keystone food resources for honey bees in South Indian west coast during monsoon. In: CURRENT SCIENCE, 106 (10). pp. 1379-1386.

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INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES

Relação

http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/106/10/1379.pd

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/49375/

Palavras-Chave #Centre for Ecological Sciences
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Journal Article

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