Adaptation in a plant-hummingbird association

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5619, 2003, Pages 630-633

  Temeles, Ethan J ^a   Kress, W John ^b  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; MORPHOLOGY;

HELICONIA MORPHS; POLLINATORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY SIZE; HOST PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COLOR; ENERGY; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEAK; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DOMINICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HELICONIACEAE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SAINT LUCIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HELICONIA; HELICONIA BIHAI; HELICONIA CARIBAEA; LUCIA;

EID: 0037466614     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080003     Document Type: Article

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18. We thank D. Anthony and A. Dornelly of the St. Lucia Forestry Department and D. Williams of the Forestry and Wildlife Division of Dominica for advice and cooperation, I. Lopez and J. Clark for field assistance, and R. Colwell for comments. Supported by grants from Amherst College and NSF (grant no. IBN-0078483) (EJ.T.) and the Smithsonian Institution (W.J.K.).