Crop protection and conservation of frugivorous bats in orchards of hill and coastal regions of Karnataka

Zoos' Print Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1169-1171

  Chakravarthy, A K ^a   Girish, A C ^a  

^a UAS Regional Research Station   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Crop protection; Frugivorous bats; Fruit orchards; Karnataka; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ACHRUS ZAPOTA; ARECA CATECHU; CYNOPTERA SPHINX; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS; SAPOTA;

EID: 0141682420     PISSN: 09716378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11609/jott.zpj.18.8.1169-71     Document Type: Article

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