The hummingbird plant community of a tropical montane rain forest in southern Ecuador

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-337

  Dziedzioch, C ^a,c   Stevens, A D ^b,c   Gottsberger, G ^c  

^a Inst for Biodiv Network eV   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecuador; Hummingbirds; Ornithophily; Podocarpus National Park; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLOWER VISITING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; RAINFOREST; ZOOPHILY;

ECUADOR;

AVES; BROMELIACEAE; EMBERIZINAE; ERICACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PODOCARPUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0042626581     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40802     Document Type: Article

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