Roost site use by Great (Buceros bicornis) and Wreathed (Rhyticeros undulatus) Hornbill and its implications for seed dispersal. (15th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Naniwadekar, Rohit; Rathore, Akanksha; Shukla, Ushma; Datta, Aparajita
• Other Names: Sengupta Asmita guestEditor.; Dayanandan Selvadurai guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Biotropica. Volume 54:Number 6(2022)
• Page Start: 1315
• Page End: 1319
• Publication Date: 2021-11-15
• Subjects: frugivory -- GPS telemetry -- north‐east India -- seed dispersal distance; Biotic communities -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Applied ecology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Biology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; 577.80913
• DOI: 10.1111/btp.13039
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0006-3606

Abstract

Abstract: We examined roost selection by hornbills using telemetry data and determined its implication for seed dispersal. Roost selection was not influenced by nest/foraging sites. Wreathed Hornbill roosts were mostly close to the river. Hornbills dispersed only 10% of seeds at roosts, but dispersal distances of those seeds were longer. Abstract : We examined roost selection by hornbills using telemetric data and determined its implication for seed dispersal. Roost selection was not influenced by nest/foraging sites. Wreathed Hornbill roosts were mostly close to the river. Hornbills dispersed only 10% of seeds at roosts, but dispersal distances of those seeds were longer.