Pollination ecology of Stenocereus queretaroensis (Cactaceae), a chiropterophilous columnar cactus, in a tropical dry forest of Mexico

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-509

  Ibarra Cerdeña, Carlos N ^a   Iñiguez Dávalos, Luis I ^b   Sánchez Cordero, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Columnar cacti; Leptonycteris curasoae; Mutualism; Nectar feeding bat; Pollination ecology; Stenocereus queretaroensis; West central Mexico

Indexed keywords

BAT; CACTUS; DRY FOREST; POLLINATION; TROPICAL FOREST; ZOOPHILY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; STENOCEREUS; STENOCEREUS QUERETAROENSIS;

EID: 14644397990     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.3.503     Document Type: Article

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