Nectar oasis produced by Agave marmorata Roezl. (Agavaceae) lead to spatial and temporal segregation among nectarivores in the Tehuacán Valley, México

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn , Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-51

  Ornelas, Juan Francisco ^a   Ordano, Mariano ^a   Hernández, Angélica ^a   López, Juan Carlos ^a   Mendoza, Luis ^a   Perroni, Yareni ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Diurnal pollinators; Hummingbirds; M xico; Nectarivores; Orioles; Survival analysis; Tehuac n Valley

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTARIVORY; PASSERINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE AMERICANA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PASSERIFORMES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0036709111     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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