Passerine bird pollination and seed dispersal in Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. (Lythraceae), a common low altitude woody shrub in the Eastern Ghats forests of India

Ornithological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-108

  Raju, Aluri Jacob Solomon ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Floral biology; Passerine birds; Pollination; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649095244     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.4.103     Document Type: Article

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