The role of flower width in hummingbird bill length - Flower length relationships

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-80

  Temeles, Ethan J ^a   Linhart, Yan B ^b   Masonjones, Michael ^a   Masonjones, Heather D ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower morphology; Foraging behavior; Hummingbirds; Monteverde; North America; Pollination; Specialization; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLORAL TRAIT; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COROLLA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0036230809     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00243.x     Document Type: Article

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