Flower morphology, nectar features, and hummingbird visitation to Palicourea crocea (Rubiaceae) in the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-57

  Mendonça, Luciana B ^a   Dos Anjos, Luiz ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bird plant interactions; Brazilian Atlantic forest; Conservation; Heterostyly; Pollination; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACOTHORAX NIGRICOLLIS; AVES; CHLOROSTILBON AUREOVENTRIS; HYLOCHARIS; MANGIFERA INDICA; PALICOUREA CROCEA; RUBIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33644910965     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652006000100006     Document Type: Article

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