Flower visitation by bats in cloud forests of Western Ecuador

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-395

  Muchhala, Nathan ^a   Jarrín V, Pablo ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Anoura caudifera; Anoura geoffroyi; Bat pollination; Chiropterophily; Cloud forest; Ecuador

Indexed keywords

BAT; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FLOWER VISITING; POLLINATION; ZOOPHILY;

(WEST); ECUADOR;

ANIMALIA; ANOURA; ANOURA CAUDIFERA; ANOURA GEOFFROYI; BURMEISTERA; CAMPANULACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MERIANIA;

EID: 0036769845     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00552.x     Document Type: Article

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