Phenology of neotropical pepper plants (Piperaceae) and their association with their main dispersers, two short-tailed fruit bats, Carollia perspicillata and C. castanea (Phyllostomidae)

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 362-376

  Thies, Wibke ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOTIC FACTOR; CANOPY GAP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; FRUITING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; ZOOCHORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAROLLIA CASTANEA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CASTANEA; FORMICIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PIPERACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0942299975     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12747.x     Document Type: Article

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