Synchronous phenology of hawkmoths (Sphingidae) and Inga species (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae): Implications for the restoration of the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 751-765

  Cruz Neto, Oswaldo ^a   Machado, Isabel Cristina ^b   Duarte Jr , José Araújo ^a   Lopes, Ariadna Valentina ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Flowering phenology; Northeastern Brazil; Pollination; Rain forest; Restoration ecology; Sphingophily

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; FLOWER; FLOWERING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LEGUME; LIFE CYCLE; MOTH; NECTAR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYCOIDEA; CALIGINOSA; FABACEAE; INGA; INGA INGOIDES; INGA VERA; INGEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 79952755942     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9975-x     Document Type: Article

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