Pollination by bats and birds in the obligate outcrosser Bombax ceiba L. (Bombacaceae), a tropical dry season flowering tree species in the Eastern Ghats forests of India

Ornithological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-87

  Raju, Aluri J S ^a   Rao, Srungavarapu P ^a   Rangaiah, Kone ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bats; Birds; Bombax ceiba; Fruiting behaviour; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015996094     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.4.81     Document Type: Article

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