Optimal nectar production in a hummingbird pollinated plant

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 326-343

  Pyke, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0001326924     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-5809(81)90050-2     Document Type: Article

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