SURVEY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY INSECTS AND BIRDS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY JOS.
Abstract
Birds and insects provide many ecosystem services such as pollination, pest control and nutrient cycling and these services are important to humans and the immediate environment. This research was conducted in Federal College of Forestry Jos in order to identify birds and insects that contribute to ecosystem services in the college, identify the major ecosystem services provided by insects and birds, map out areas with significant ecosystem services and to identify and produce a GIS map for areas with scavenging activities by birds. Transect was used for direct observation of birds and insects visits to flowers when taking nectar for possible pollination. The movement and deposition of seeds by birds was also monitored in order to establish seed dispersal as an ecosystem service. The data collected was entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using descriptive
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