Effects of forest disturbance on fruit set, seed dispersal and predation of Rudraksh (Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb.) in northeast India

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-142

  Khan, M L ^a   Bhuyan, Putul ^a   Tripathi, R S ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAEOCARPACEAE; ELAEOCARPUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RODENTIA;

EID: 14844299798     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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