Effect of urbanization on the population density of aak weevil

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1130-1134

  Sharma, Santosh ^a   Amritphale, Dilip ^a  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calotropis procera; Dispersal capability; Habitat fragmentation; Paramecops farinosus; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 36148947127     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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