Nectar features in Esterhazya macrodonta, a hummingbird-pollinated scrophulariaceae in Southeastern Brazil

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-191

  Freitas, Leandro ^a   Sazima, Marlies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian atlantic forest; High altitude grasslands; Hummingbird pollination; Nectar removal effect; Nectar secretion pattern; Nectar standing crop

Indexed keywords

ESTERHAZYA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0035535569     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013982     Document Type: Article

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