Bat pollination breakdown in the Caribbean columnar cactus Pilosocereus royenii

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 635-642

  Rivera Marchand, Bert ^a   Ackerman, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bat; Cactus; Caribbean; Carpenter bee; Pilosocereus royenii; Pollination; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

BAT; CACTUS; ISLAND; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SPECIALIZATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

APOIDEA; AVES; CACTACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PILOSOCEREUS ROYENII; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 33747052586     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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