Sticky snack for sengis: The Cape rock elephant-shrew, Elephantulus edwardii (Macroscelidea), as a pollinator of the Pagoda lily, Whiteheadia bifolia (Hyacinthaceae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1107-1112

  Wester, Petra ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape rock elephant shrew; Elephantulus edwardii; Macroscelidea; Pollination; Therophily; Whiteheadia bifolia

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; MONOCOTYLEDON; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; RODENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AFROTHERIA; ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTULUS EDWARDII; HYACINTHACEAE; LILIUM; MACROSCELIDEA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; WHITEHEADIA BIFOLIA;

EID: 78650032015     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0723-6     Document Type: Article

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