Bird-flower interactions in the Macaronesian islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1945-1953

  Valido, Alfredo ^a,b   Dupont, Yoko L ^a   Olesen, Jens M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird pollination syndrome; Canarina; Canary Islands; Echium; Generalist nectar feeding passerine birds; Island evolution; Isoplexis; Lavatera; Lotus; Madeira; Oceanic islands; Ornithophily

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; ISLAND; ORNITHOPHILY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BORAGINACEAE; CAMPANULACEAE; CANARINA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM WILDPRETII; FABACEAE; FRINGILLIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPLEXIS; LAVATERA; LOTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MUSSCHIA; PARIDAE; PARUS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SERINUS; SYLVIA; SYLVIIDAE;

EID: 10344253304     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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