Data from: Nesting sites of giant honey bees modulated by landscape patterns

Nesting sites for Apis dorsataPosition of nesting sites of the species Apis dorsata in a 68 km2 study zone. First column is a site identifier, second and third columns are the latitude and longitude of the nesting site, fourth column is number of nests in each site, fifth column is the village name, sixth column is the land-use type (coffee agroforestry plantation or forest fragment), and last column is the census year. The data have been collected in February-March 2014.SiteDorsata.csvIndividual nests of Apis dorsataExact position of each individual nest of the species Apis dorsata in a 68 km2 study zone. First column is a nest identifier, second and third columns are the latitude and longitude of the nest, fourth column is the site identifier, fifth column is the village name, sixth column is the land-use type (coffee agroforestry plantation or forest fragment), seventh and eighth column is species name and girth (in cm) of the tree carrying the nest, and last column is the census year. The data have been collected in February-March 2014.NestDorsata.csvLand cover, nest density and land cover density mapsThese files contain maps of land-cover, nest density for Apis dorsata, agroforest density, forest fragment density and heterogeneity index in our study zone (Kodagu district, South India) in ASCII format.Maps_studyzone.zip