Flower mites of Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana (Arecaceae): Evidence for dispersal using pollinating bats

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-381

  Tschapka, Marco ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidae; Bat pollination; Flower mites; Glossophaginae; Melicharini; Phoresy; Phyllostomatidae; Stenoderminae

Indexed keywords

BAT; DISPERSAL; MITE; NEW SPECIES; PHENOLOGY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; ASCIDAE; CALYPTROGYNE; CALYPTROGYNE GHIESBREGHTIANA; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 4444297106     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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