Mobility of impatiens capensis flowers: Effect on pollen deposition and hummingbird foraging

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Hurlbert, Allen H ^a   Hosoi, S Aki ^a   Temeles, Ethan J ^a   Ewald, Paul W ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archilochus colubris; Flower morphology; Hummingbird; Impatiens capensis; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS; TROCHILIDAE;

FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; JEWELWEED; POLLINATION; RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD;

EID: 0029750764     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328553     Document Type: Article

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