Bird pollination of explosive flowers while foraging for nectar and caterpillars

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 674-678

  Agostini, Kayna ^a   Sazima, Marlies ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astraptes talus; Atlantic Forest; Cacicus haemorrhous; Explosive flowers; Mucuna japira; Perching bird pollination; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CATERPILLAR; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ASTRAPTES; AVES; BROSIMUM RUBESCENS; CACICUS HAEMORRHOUS; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA;

EID: 33747061002     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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