Breeding systems and pollination modes of understorey shrubs in a medium elevation wet evergreen forest, southern Western Ghats, India

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 838-842

  Devy, M Soubadra ^a   Davidar, Priya ^b  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; India; Pollination mode; Shrubs; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE; XYLOCOPA SP.;

EID: 33645709775     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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