Botany: Specialized bird perch aids cross-pollination

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7038, 2005, Pages 41-42

  Anderson, Bruce ^a   Cole, William W ^b   Barrett, Spencer C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTANY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIRD; CROSS POLLINATION; FERTILITY; INFLORESCENCE; MATING; NECTAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; IRIDACEAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; IRIDACEAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 18344371225     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/435041a     Document Type: Article

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