Ecological relationships between columnar cacti and nectar-feeding bats in Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-119

  Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a   Arizmendi, María Del Coro ^a   Rojas Martínez, Alberto ^a   Domínguez Canseco, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Choeronycteris mexicana; Columnar cacti; Distributional patterns; Leptonycteris curasoae; Mexico; Nectar feeding bats; Neobuxbaumia tetetzo; Pollination; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLUMNAR CACTUS; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

MEXICO; MEXICO, TEHUACAN VALLEY;

CHIROPTERA; CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; NEOBUXBAUMIA TETETZO; PACHYCEREEAE; LEPTOYCTERIS CURASOAE;

EID: 0029668082     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009330     Document Type: Article

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