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Coevolution between Bats and Plants

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Ecology of Bats

Abstract

More than 250 species of bats eat some fruit, nectar, or pollen. In doing so, bats often provide dispersal and pollination services to at least 130 plant genera (Howell and Hodgkin, 1976). These interactions have profoundly influenced the evolution of some bats and plants. For example, the leaf-nosed bat, Leptonycteris sanborni, has morphological and physiological traits that allow it to subsist entirely on flowers and fruits, whereas the same traits apparently preclude the extensive use of insects (Howell and Hodgkin, 1976). On the other side of the interaction, plants such as Crescentia alata (the calabash tree) are so efficiently pollinated by bats that they are unable to reproduce without bat assistance. The structure of its flowers and the timing of nectar presentation preclude pollination by other animals.

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Heithaus, E.R. (1982). Coevolution between Bats and Plants. In: Kunz, T.H. (eds) Ecology of Bats. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3421-7_9

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