Are pollination syndromes useful predictors of floral visitors in Tasmania?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 600-609

  Kingston, Andrew B ^a   McQuillan, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Colour; Flowers; Foraging profiles; Insects; Shape; Visitor profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000924838     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00065.x     Document Type: Article

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