Floral biology, flowering phenology and floral visitors of five insect pollinated tree species in a tropical lowland rainforest remnant of Pernambuco, Brazil [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Leonhard Krause

Institut für Systematische Botanik und Ökologie Universität Ulm Floral Biology, Flowering Phenology and Floral Visitors of Five Insect-Pollinated Tree Species in a Tropical Lowland Rainforest Remnant of Pernambuco, Brazil Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades Dr. rer. nat. der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften der Universität Ulm vorgelegt von Leonhard Krause aus Luckenwalde Jahr der Promotion: 2008 Amtierender Dekan: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Spindler 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottsberger 2. Gutachter: Tag der Promotion: Table of contents I Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS.............................................................................................. I Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................................I Index of scientific terms and abbreviations used in the text (including non-SI units) .....................................I 1 SUMMARY........................................................................................................... I 2 ZUSAMMENFASSUNG ....................................................................................... I 3 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 1 3.1 Tree reproduction in tropical lowland rainforests............