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Pollination ecology of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in the Western Ghats, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2007

Palatty Allesh Sinu  and
K. R. Shivanna
Palatty Allesh Sinu
Affiliation:
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, No 659, 5th ‘A’ Main, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, India
K. R. Shivanna
Affiliation:
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, No 659, 5th ‘A’ Main, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, India
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Abstract

Heterogeneous agroforestry systems play an important role in maintaining animal pollinator diversity (Klein et al. 2003, Perfecto et al. 1996), most likely by extending floral resources in lean periods. An understanding of the mutualistic relationship between flower-visiting insects and crop species in such agroforestry systems (Kearns et al. 1998), particularly on the diversity of pollinator species, their spatio-temporal variations, foraging behaviour (Cunningham 2000, Greenleaf & Kremen 2006, Klein et al. 2003) and their pollination efficiency (Motten et al. 1981), is important as they are some of the crucial biological predictors of pollination success.

Keywords

Apis cerenapollination efficiencystingless beesTrigona iridipennisZingiberaceae
Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , July 2007 , pp. 493 - 496
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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