Title
Flower and fruit visitors of Marcgravia longifolia in Amazonian Peru
Date Issued
01 March 2003
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
We recorded nectarivorous and frugivorous visitors of Marcgravia longifolia (Marcgraviaceae) at the Estación Biológica Quebrada Blanco in the northeastern Peruvian Amazonia. M. longifolia belongs to the subgenus Plagiothalamium, with downward facing flowers. A glossophagine bat, probably Anoura caudifer, was identified as a potential pollinator. Three primate species - Saguinus fuscicollis, Saguinus mystax and Callicebus cupreus - were recorded as potential seed dispersers. This is the first documentation of primate seed dispersal of a species from the family Marcgraviaceae.
Start page
210
End page
214
Volume
5
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica Ecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0038037987
Source
Plant Biology
ISSN of the container
14358603
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