Pollination by the locally endangered island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) enhances fruit production of the economically important durian (Durio zibethinus)

• Main Authors: Aziz, Sheema A, Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben *, McConkey, Kim R, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, Pathil, Saifful, Abu Yazid, Muhammad Nur Hafizi, Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa, Forget, Pierre-Michel, Bumrungsri, Sara
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Open Access 2017
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; QL Zoology; S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/700/1/Clements%20GR%20Pollination%20by%20the%20locally%20endangered%20island.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/700/

Fruit bats provide valuable pollination services to humans through a unique coevolutionary relationship with chiropterophilous plants. However, chiropterophily in the Old World and the pollination roles of large bats, such as flying foxes (Pteropus spp., Acerodon spp., Desmalopex spp.), are still p...