Muntingia calabura - An attractive food plant of Cynopterus sphinx - Deserves planting to lessen orchard damage

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 239-245

  Singaravelan, Natarajan ^a,b   Marimuthu, Ganapathy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bat damage; Cynopterus sphinx; Muntingia calabura; Non destructive control; Orchards

Indexed keywords

BAT; CROP DAMAGE; ORCHARD; PEST CONTROL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FICUS RELIGIOSA; MADHUCA INDICA; MANGIFERA INDICA; MANILKARA ZAPOTA; MUNTINGIA CALABURA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; PTEROPODIDAE; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33744958301     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[239:MCAAFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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