Pollination by passerine birds: Why are the nectars so dilute?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-652

  Nicolson, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bird pollination; Erica; Erythrina; Gladiolus; Heliconia; Nectar concentration; Nectar osmolality; Nectar secretion; Nectar sugars; Protea; Sunbirds

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; HEXOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE; SUGAR; WATER;

AFRICA; BIRD; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DILUTION; EVAPORATION; FLOWER; HYDROLYSIS; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PHLOEM; PLANT; POLLINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETER;

AVES; ERICA; ERYTHRINA; GLADIOLUS; HELICONIA; PASSERIFORMES; PROTEA;

EID: 0036207947     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00014-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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