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Bees of Kakamega Forest, Kenya, East Africa
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Last update: 2009-11-09 Done by: Andre Koch
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| Description | In total, about 242 bee species are known from Kakamega Forest and the surrounding agricultural areas in Western Kenya. Some of the species still need to be confirmed. They belong to the families Apidae (~92), Halictidae (~76), Megachilidae (~72), Colletidae (~6). Before the BIOTA- investigations, only 24 bee species were known for the area. Thus, most of the species are new records for the area. |
| Purpose |
Summary of bee diversity of Kakamega Forest |
| Main theme(s) |
bees, checklist, species diversity, Kakamega Forest |
| Subtheme(s) |
biodiversity |
| Biome(s) |
tropical rainforest |
| Country(ies) |
Kenya |
| Administration unit(s) |
Kakamega Forest |
| Locality(ies) |
Kakamega Forest |
| BIOTA Observatory(ies) |
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| Period(s) |
2001-2009 |
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| Responsible person(s) |
Mary Gikungu; Melanie Hagen |
| Regional networks(s) |
BIOTA East Africa |
| Related subprojects / workpackages / topics |
BIOTA Africa E10 |
| Copyright holder |
Andre Koch; Mary Gikungu; Melanie Hagen |
| Restrictions of dissemination |
none |
| Start time of protection |
none |
| Duration of protection |
none |
| Rationale / notes |
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| Data |
| Format |
MS-Excel |
| File name(s) / size(s) |
Bees_of_Kakamega_MH.xls / 104 KB |
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| Related publications |
Gikungu, M. W.: 2006. Bee Diversity and some Aspects of their Ecological Interactions with Plants in a Successional Tropical Community. PhD Thesis, University of Bonn, 193 pp. |
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