MENU TROPHIQUE DU GUEPIER D’EUROPE Merops apiaster L. DANS LA ZONE MONTAGNEUSE DE ZIBAN (BISKRA, ALGERIA)

TORKI S; BELLABIDI M; SAADI H; BAKROUNE H; GUEZOUL O; MARNICHE F

TORKI S
BELLABIDI M
SAADI H
BAKROUNE H
GUEZOUL O
MARNICHE F

Keywords: Merops apiaster, trophic menu, Apis mellifera, rejection balls, Biskra

Abstract

Our study is carried out in three honey-producing regions, Djamoura, M'Chouneche and El-Kantara, using analysis of reject pellets to study the diet of the European Bee-eater Analysis of reject pellets revealed a high species richness in the M'Chouneche (S M’Chouneche = 51 species). The species Apis mellifera accounts for a large percentage (AR% = 70, 65%) of the total prey eaten by European Bee- eaters at El-Kantara. The fairness value (E) is E = 0.77 in Djamoura, with the recorded diversity value is H’= 1.20 bits. In the El-Kantara site the fairness value is less than 0.5, which explains a certain dominance of a prey species (Apis mellifera) in the Bee-eater menu in El-Kantara.

Author Biographies

TORKI S

Département d’Agronomie, Université Kheider Mohamed - Biskra- (Algérie).

BELLABIDI M

Ecole National Supérieure Agronomique El- Oued

SAADI H

Département d’Agronomie, Université Kheider Mohamed - Biskra- (Algérie)

BAKROUNE H

Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique sur les Régions Arides (CRSTRA), Biskra 07000, Algérie.

GUEZOUL O

Université Kasdi Merbah -Ouargla (Algérie), 30000 Ouargla, Algérie

MARNICHE F

Laboratoire de Zoologie, Ecole National Supérieur de Vétérinaire, El Alia (ENSV), Alger, Algérie