Reproductive traits and phenology of plants in tropical dry evergreen forest on the Coromandel coast of India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3207-3234

  Selwyn, M Arthur ^a   Parthasarathy, N ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flower traits; Fruit traits; Life forms; Phenology; Pollination systems; Seed dispersal modes; Tropical dry evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; COROMANDEL COAST; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

APOIDEA;

EID: 33750714796     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-0035-x     Document Type: Article

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