Ecology of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) in lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah, Malaysia, and an evaluation of logging impact on populations and communities ; Ökologie Stachelloser Bienen (Apidae, Meliponini) in Dipterocarpaceen-Wäldern im Tiefland von Sabah, Malaysia, mit einer Evaluierung des Einflusses der kommerziellen Holznutzung auf Populationen und Gemeinschaften

The present thesis reports on four years of field research on stingless bee ecology in Sabah, Malaysia. Hereby, it was the main focus to evaluate the effect of selective logging for timber extraction on communities of bees, and to elucidate causative relationships involved in regulating bee populations. Included were background studies on resource use (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) and nesting biology (3.4) as well as comparative studies on stingless bee diversity and abundance in logged and unlogged lowland rainforest sites (4.1, 4.2). Stingless bees proved to be generalist foragers that used a large range... Mehr ...