Pollination ecology of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-496

  Sinu, Palatty Allesh ^a   Shivanna, K R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apis cerena; Pollination efficiency; Stingless bees; Trigona iridipennis; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

BEE; ENTOMOPHILY; HERB; POLLINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

APIS CERANA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; MELIPONINAE; TRIGONA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 34347398082     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004191     Document Type: Article

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