Insect functional guilds in the flowering canopy of Myristica fatua in a lowland swamp, central Western Ghats, India

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 653-662

  Sinu, Palatty A ^a,b   Sharma, Manju V ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Canopy insects; Functional role; Lowland Myristica swamp; Parasitic Hymenoptera; Thrips; Yellow Sticky Traps

Indexed keywords

APTERYGOTA; ARTHROPODA; CERAPHRONOIDEA; CHALCIDOIDEA; CHRYSIDOIDEA; CICADELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYNIPIDAE; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EMPIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MYRISTICA; MYRISTICA FATUA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; MYRISTICACEAE; PLATYGASTROIDEA; THRIPS (GENUS); THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84887512729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600505     Document Type: Article

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