How specialized is the plant-pollinator association between Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus and the swift parrot Lathamus discolor?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 624-630

  Hingston, Andrew B ^a   Gartrell, Brett D ^a,b   Pinchbeck, Gina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mutualism; Ornithophily; Pollination syndromes; Threatened species; Tongue pollination

Indexed keywords

MUTUALISM; ORNITHOPHILY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIALIST;

ANIMALIA; APUS APUS; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; LATHAMUS DISCOLOR; MELIPHAGIDAE; MOHO BRACCATUS; MYRTACEAE; PHYLIDONYRIS; PHYLIDONYRIS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 12244288615     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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