The Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana) as a flower visitor at a neotropical palm

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-80

  Sperr, Ellen B ^a   Fronhofer, Emanuel A ^b   Tschapka, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana; Costa Rica; Didelphidae; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; POLLINATION; RODENT; SHRUB;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ARECACEAE; CALYPTROGYNE GHIESBREGHTIANA; DIDELPHIDAE; MARMOSA MEXICANA;

EID: 57749107590     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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