Distribution and flowering ecology of bromeliads along two climatically contrasting elevational transects in the Bolivian Andes

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-195

  Krömer, Thorsten ^a,c   Kessler, Michael ^a   Herzog, Sebastian K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d BirdLife Internacional   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bats; Bolivia; Bromeliaceae; Diversity; Hummingbirds; Pollination; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ELEVATION; FLOWERING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BROMELIACEAE; TILLANDSIA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33644940712     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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