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Old World phytophagous bats (Megachiroptera) and their food plants: a survey
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Despite the authors' ignorance about the relationship between Megachiroptera and plants, it appears that most bats are catholic in their choice of food, and most plants are visited by a diversity of bats.About:
This article is published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.The article was published on 1985-04-01. It has received 165 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nectar & Literature survey.read more
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Ecological Morphology and Flight in Bats (Mammalia; Chiroptera): Wing Adaptations, Flight Performance, Foraging Strategy and Echolocation
TL;DR: Bat wing morphology is considered in relation to flight performance and flight behaviour to clarify the functional basis for eco-morphological correlations in flying animals, and adaptive trends in wing adaptations are predictably and closely paralleled by echolocation call structure.
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Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review.
TL;DR: The consumption of figs by vertebrates is reviewed using data from the literature, unpublished accounts and new field data from Borneo and Hong Kong, supporting previous claims that Ficus is the most important plant genus for tropical frugivores.
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Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in the Oriental (Indomalayan) Region
TL;DR: Most seeds in the Oriental Region, except near its northern margins, are dispersed by vertebrate families which are endemic to the region or to the Old World.
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The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective
TL;DR: It is proposed that flower-visiting bats provide two important benefits to plants: they deposit large amounts of pollen and a variety of pollen genotypes on plant stigmas and, compared with many other pollinators, they are long-distance pollen dispersers.
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The Principles of Pollination Ecology
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TL;DR: The principles of pollination ecology are studied in the context of beekeeping and their role in the evolution of honey bees.
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Flowering Plants of the World
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The dispersal of plants throughout the world
TL;DR: The dispersal of plants throughout the world, The Dispersal of Plants throughout the World, the authors, is a popular topic in the field of plant propagation, especially in agriculture.
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A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns
TL;DR: A comprehensive and indispensable reference to the generic and family names of flowering plants and ferns can be found in the 8th edition of the Dictionary of Ferns as discussed by the authors.
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