Risk-averse inflorescence departure in hummingbirds and bumble bees: Could plants benefit from variable nectar volumes?

Oikos

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 98-104

  Biernaskie, Jay M ^a,b   Cartar, Ralph V ^a   Hurly, T Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIRD; FITNESS; FLOWERING PLANT; NECTAR; POLLINATOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS FLAVIFRONS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0036343003     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.980110.x     Document Type: Article

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