Do plants pollinated by flying fox bats (Megachiroptera) provide an extra calcium reward in their nectar?

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 168-171

  Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Calcium; Chiroptera; Diet; Ecology; Plant animal interactions; Pteropus spp.; Syconycteris australis

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALCIUM; DIET; NECTAR; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CHIROPTERA; MEGACHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; SYCONYCTERIS; SYCONYCTERIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0036231141     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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