A note on the entomofauna of mangrove associates in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean: India)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 807-823

  Veenakumari, Kamalanathan ^a   Prashanth, Mohanraj ^a  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Host range; Hymenopterous parasitoids; Mangrove associates; Mangroves; Phytophagy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HERBIVORE; HOST RANGE; ISLAND; MANGROVE; PARASITOID; REARING;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

HEXAPODA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 69149090519     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802610550     Document Type: Article

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