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Image Title: A lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris curasoae, approaching a flower of the columnar cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Image Credit: Merlin D. Tuttle
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: Merlin D. Tuttle, BSA
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A lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris curasoae, approaching a flower of the columnar cactus, Pachycereus pringlei. The abundance of this pollinating bat is a key factor in the maintenance of trioecy in this cactus.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Reproductive biology and relative male and female fitness in a trioecious cactus, Pachycereus pringlei (Cactaceae)


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