Nectar 'theft' by hummingbird flower mites and its consequences for seed set in Moussonia deppeana

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-84

  Lara, C ^a   Ornelas, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hummingbirds; M xico; Nectar secretion; Pollination biology; Protandry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MITE; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 0035129160     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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