Nocturnal pollination by the carpenter bee Xylocopa tenuiscapa (Apidae) and the effect of floral display on fruit set of heterophragma quadriloculare (Bignoniaceae) in India

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-89

  Somanathan, H ^a   Borges, R M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bignoniaceae; Carpenter bees; Cloud forest; Floral display; Heterophragma quadriloculare; Lunar phases; Nocturnal pollination; Pollen carryover; Touch sensitive stigma; Western Ghats; Xylocopa tenuiscapa

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POLLINATION;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BIGNONIACEAE; HETEROPHRAGMA QUADRILOCULARE; MESOTRICHIA; XYLOCOPA TENUISCAPA; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 0034981556     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1646/0006-3606(2001)033[0078:npbtcb]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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