Bat pollination of the terrestrial herb Irlbachia alata (Gentianacae) in northeastern Brazil

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 231-237

  Machado, Isabel Cristina S ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^b   Sazima, Marlies ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Chiropterophily; Gentianaceae; Glossophaga soricina. Pollination biology; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA; GENTIANACEAE; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; IRLBACHIA; IRLBACHIA ALATA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 2642710873     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985230     Document Type: Article

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