Abundance, activity and diversity of insects associated with flower of Sal (Shorea robusta) in Midnapore, (Arabari) West Bengal, India

Indian Forester

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-74

  Khatua, A K ^a   Chakraborty, S ^b   Mallick, N ^a  

^a PANSKURA BANAMALI COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SHOREA ROBUSTA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 4344698239     PISSN: 00194816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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