Nectar in hummingbird-pollinated neotropical plants II: Interactions with flower visitors

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-230

  McDade, Lucinda A ^a   Weeks, Jennifer A ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Costa Rica; Hummingbird pollination; Malvaceae; Nectar; Nectar robbing; Panama; Rubiaceae; Standing crop

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOWER VISITING; NECTAR; POLLINATION; ROBBING;

ACANTHACEAE; ANIMALIA; APHELANDRA; APHELANDRA SINCLAIRIANA; AVES; ISERTIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PALICOUREA; PAVONIA; PENTAGONIA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 2942642814     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00313.x     Document Type: Article

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