Bat pollination of kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1679-1681

  Thiruchenthil Nathan, P ^a   Raghuram, H ^a   Elangovan, V ^a   Karuppudurai, T ^a   Marimuthu, G ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEIBA PENTANDRA; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS; ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI;

EID: 27744592836     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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