Pollination system of the Pilosocereus leucocephalus columnar cactus (tribe Cereeae) in eastern Mexico

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 578-586

  Munguia Rosas M A ^a   Sosa, V J ^a   Jacome Flores M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Columnar cactus; Nectar feeding bats; Pilosocereus leucocephalus; Pollination system

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; NEW SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BEE; CACTACEAE; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BEES; CACTACEAE; CHIROPTERA; FLOWERS; MEXICO; POLLINATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; SONORAN DESERT; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; AVES; CACTACEAE; CEREEAE; PACHYCEREEAE; PILOSOCEREUS;

EID: 77955955681     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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