Effect of nectar-robbing birds on fruit set of Fuchsia magellanica in Tierra Del Fuego: A disrupted mutualism

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-464

  Traveset, A ^a   Willson, M F ^b   Sabag, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Hummingbird; Marginality; Phrygilus patagonicus; Plant reproductive success; Pollination; Sephanoides galeritus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NECTAR ROBBERY; PLANT-POLLINATION MUTUALISM; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO;

EID: 0031831048     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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