Pollinator limitation of seed set in Fuchsia perscandens (Onagraceae) on Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 559-565

  Montgomery, B R ^a,b   Kelly, Dave ^a   Ladley, Jenny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird pollination; Fuchsia perscandens; Meliphagidae; Onagraceae; Plant reproduction; Pollinator limitation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SEED SET;

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GROWING SEASON; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NEW ZEALAND; OVULE; POLLINATION; SEED SET;

NEW ZEALAND;

FUCHSIA PERSCANDENS;

EID: 0035715884     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2001.9512759     Document Type: Article

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