Pollination systems of trees in Karachi, a mid-elevation wet evergreen forest in Western Ghats, India

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 650-657

  Devy, M Soubadra ^a   Davidar, Priya ^b,c  

^a Environment   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

India; Pollination systems; Western Ghats; Wet forest

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; POLLINATION; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0842267296     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.4.650     Document Type: Article

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