Pollination ecology of Agave macroacantha (Agavaceae) in a mexican tropical desert. II. The role of pollinators

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1011-1017

  Arizaga, Santiago ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^b   Peters, Edward ^a   De Arellano, Fernando Ramírez ^a   Vega, Ernesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Agave macroacantha; Deserts; Fruit set; Mexico; Moths; Nectar feeding bats; Pollination biology; Pollinator effectiveness; Rosette plants

Indexed keywords

BAT; DESERT; FLOWER VISITING; MOTH; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

MEXICO; TEHUACAN-CUICATLAN;

AGAVE MACROACANTHA; CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE;

EID: 0033928338     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657001     Document Type: Article

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