Name: Nectar Constituents of the Cactaceae
Creator: Ron Scogin
Keywords: 0106 biological sciences, Chiroptera, Mammalia, bats, Animalia, bat, Biodiversity, Chordata, 01 natural sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 27 Mar 1985Publisher:JSTORJournal:The Southwestern Naturalist, volume 30, page 77 (issn: 0038-4909,

Authors: Ron Scogin;

doi: 10.2307/3670659 , 10.5281/zenodo.14817904 , 10.5281/zenodo.14817905

Nectar Constituents of the Cactaceae

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Thenectarconstitutionof 43 cactus species representingtaxa servicedby numerous pollinator classes is reportedwith respectto sugar concentration,sugar composition,and caloric content per flower. Sugar concentrations do not differ significantly among hawkmoth-, hummingbird-,and bat-visitedcactus flowers.A tendencyto sucroserichnessis presentin nectars taken by moths and birds, whereas balanced and hexose-richnectarsoccur in bat-visitedcacti. Energycontentperflowershowsa differencbeetweenbat and othervisitortypes.

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Chiroptera, Mammalia, bats, Animalia, bat, Biodiversity, Chordata

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