Publications
2009
Social bees and food plant associations in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India
The diversity of social bees was assessed at 15 sites across five locations of the
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India, from January to December 2007.
Keystone Foundation;
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences- Pondicherry University;
Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading
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2009
Benefits of Biotic Pollination for Non-Timber Forest Products and Cultivated Plants
The biologically and culturally diverse Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in India was used to characterise the types of NTFP and crop products of 213 plant species and asses their degree
of dependency on animal pollination.
Keystone Foundation;
Bees for Development; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University; Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading
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2009
Characteristics of Cultivated Plants and Non Timber Forest Products on Pollinators
We surveyed trees occupied by Apis dorsata nests in two
sites in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats
of India, within the major flowering season in both forests and prior to the annual migration of A. dorsata in late June–July, during the south-west monsoon.
Keystone Foundation; Laboratory of
Forest Ecology and Conservation; College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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2009
Dependency of Cultivated Plants and Non Timber Forest Products on Pollinators
In this study it was found that 80 percent of all species relied on animal pollination for their reproduction and that 62 percent of crop products and 42 percent of NTFP directly relied on biotic pollination for their production.
Keystone Foundation;
Bees for Development; Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University; Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading
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2009
Proceedings of the biodiversity and livelihoods conference
Broad themes- Placing biodiversity
and livelihoods in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve history and context; exploring linkages between
biodiversity, bees and livelihoods; looking
at linkages within biodiversity; examining
livelihood linkages and finally `what’s driving
change?’
Darwin Initiative; Keystone Foundation; Overseas Development Group of Development Studies;
University of East Anglia,Bees for Development; Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading
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2020
Flower visitors in agricultural farms of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: Do forests act as pollinator reservoirs?
The paper examines the
relationship between distance to the forest and the number of floral visitors in seven agricultural farms in the Nilgiri
Biosphere Reserve in southern India.
Keystone Foundation; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation; College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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