Patterns of insect abundance and distribution in urban domestic gardens in bangalore, india

Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 767-778

  Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ^a   Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ^a   Nagendra, Harini ^a,b  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cities; Domestic gardens; Gardening practices; Tropics; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GARDEN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; PESTICIDE; PITFALL TRAP; URBANIZATION; WEED;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84890964371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d5040767     Document Type: Article

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