Social bees and food plant associations in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-88

  Thomas, Sumin G ^a   Rehel, Shiny M ^a   Varghese, Anita ^a   Davidar, Priya ^b   Potts, SIMON G ^c  

^a Keystone Foundation Kotagiri   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; India; Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve; Social bee diversity

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLORISTICS; FLOWER VISITING; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

APOIDEA;

EID: 61849106993     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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