Hummingbird behavior and mechanisms of selection on flower color in Ipomopsis

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2532-2541

  Meléndez Ackerman, Elvia ^a,c,d   Campbell, Diane R ^a,c   Waser, Nickolas M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Puerto Rico Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Flower color; Flower morphology; Hummingbirds; Hybrid zone; Ipomopsis; Nectar; Pollinator constancy; Pollinator preference; Pollinator mediated selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FLOWERING; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOOD PREFERENCE; MORPHOLOGY; SELECTION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

IPOMOPSIS; IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA; IPOMOPSIS TENUITUBA;

EID: 0031404179     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265912     Document Type: Article

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