Effect of pollinators and nectar robbers on nectar production and pollen deposition in hamelia patens (rubiaceae)

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-66

  Lasso, Eloisa ^a,c   Naranjo, Maria Elena ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Hamelia patens; Hummingbirds; La Selva; Nectar robbery; Nectarivorous guild; Pollen deposition; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NECTARIVORY; POLLEN; ROBBING; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HAMELIA PATENS; PASSERIFORMES; RUBIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0038814836     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00262.x     Document Type: Article

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