The role of Orii's flying-fox (Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus) as a pollinator and a seed disperser on Okinawa-jima Island, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-414

  Nakamoto, Atsushi ^a   Kinjo, Kazumitsu ^a,b   Izawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Okinawa jima Island; Pollination; Pteropus dasymallus; Ryukyu Archipelago; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISLAND; POLLINATOR; SEED DISPERSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

MUCUNA; MUCUNA MACROCARPA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS; SCHIMA WALLICHII; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 67349150044     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0516-y     Document Type: Article

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