Nectar production of two sympatric species of columnar cacti

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Petit, Sophie ^a   Freeman, C Edward ^b  

^a Cidex 50A ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Cactus; Exploitation competition; Nectar; Pollinator attraction; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013115072     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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