The evolution of bat pollination: A phylogenetic perspective

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1043

  Fleming, Theodore H ^a   Geiselman, Cullen ^b   Kress, W John ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Nectar feeding bats; Plant phylogeny; Pollen dispersal; Pollination modes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; BAT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NECTAR; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350518636     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp197     Document Type: Article

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