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Animal Interaction with Pteridophytes with Emphasis on Indian Records

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Pteridology in the New Millennium

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Animal interaction with pteridophytes is not a common phenomenon. Most of the earlier records come from Europe, America and Java. The present article deals with the records of animal interaction with pteridophytes from India. Animal interaction with fourteen pteridophytic taxa under eight families is reported. A broad spectrum of insects, viz., Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera and Hemiptera in addition to mites and gastropods were found interacting with their pteridophytic hosts. Chewing, scraping, sap sucking and galling are the presently recorded modes of animal interaction.

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Bera, S., Patra, B., Ghorai, N. (2003). Animal Interaction with Pteridophytes with Emphasis on Indian Records. In: Chandra, S., Srivastava, M. (eds) Pteridology in the New Millennium. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2811-9_27

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