Nest site characterization of sympatric hornbills in a tropical dry forest

Shukla, Ushma and Prasad, Soumya and Joshi, Mohan and Sridhara, Sachin and Westcott, David A (2015) Nest site characterization of sympatric hornbills in a tropical dry forest. In: CURRENT SCIENCE, 108 (9). pp. 1725-1730.

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Abstract

Hornbills, among the largest and most threatened tropical frugivores, provide important seed dispersal services. Hornbill nest site characteristics are known primarily from wet tropical forests. Nests of the Indian grey hornbill Ocyceros birostris and Oriental pied hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris were characterized in a tropical dry forest. Despite A. albirostris being twice the size of O. birostris, few of the nest cavity attributes were different. A. albirostris nests were surrounded by higher proportion of mixed forest and lower sal forest compared to O. birostris. In this landscape, the larger A. albirostris may prefer to nest in sites with more food plants compared to the smaller O. birostris.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	CURRENT SCIENCE
Publisher:	INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES, C V RAMAN AVENUE, SADASHIVANAGAR, P B #8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA
Keywords:	Anthracoceros albirostris; nesting ecology; Ocyceros birostris; tropical forests
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2015 05:57
Last Modified:	26 Jun 2015 05:57
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51772

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