Nectar and flower production of Lobelia telekii inflorescences, and their influence on territorial behaviour of the scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-105

  Evans, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afro alpine; Co adaptation; Lobelia; Mount Kenya; Sunbirds; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544384376     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01831.x     Document Type: Article

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