Tracking bat-dispersed seeds using fluorescent pigment

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Reiter, J ^a   Curio, E ^a   Tacud, B ^a   Urbina, H ^a   Geronimo, F ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ficus septica; Ficus variegata; Fluorescent pigment; Frugivore; Fruit bats; Lowland rain forest; Philippines; Seed dispersal; Seed shadow; Seed tracking

Indexed keywords

BAT; FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; TRACKING; ZOOCHORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS SEPTICA; FICUS VARIEGATA;

EID: 33644952382     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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