Shining bright in the dusk: How do bat-pollinated flowers reflect light?

Arthur Domingos-Melo; Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito; Alicia Sérsic; Andrea A Cocucci; Klaus Lunau; Isabel Cristina Machado

doi:10.1002/ecy.3416

Shining bright in the dusk: How do bat-pollinated flowers reflect light?

Ecology. 2021 Sep;102(9):e03416. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3416. Epub 2021 Jul 4.

Authors

Arthur Domingos-Melo¹, Vinícius Lourenço Garcia de Brito², Alicia Sérsic³, Andrea A Cocucci³, Klaus Lunau⁴, Isabel Cristina Machado¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
² Institute of Biology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
³ Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina.
⁴ Institute of Sensory Ecology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany.

PMID: 34042173
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3416

No abstract available

Keywords: Ceiba glaziovii; Caatinga dry forest; Phyllostomidae; bat pollination; bat vision; cognitive pollination ecology; floral color; floral signaling; nocturnal pollination; twilight anthesis; ultraviolet; white flowers.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Chiroptera*
Flowers / physiology*
Light*
Pollination*