High Nothofagus flower consumption and pollen emptying in the southern South American austral parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 759-766

  Díaz, Soledad ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enicognathus; Florivory; Nectarivory; Nothofagus; Pollen emptying; Psittacid

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOREST FLOOR; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CYTTARIA; ENICOGNATHUS FERRUGINEUS; FUNGI; INSECTA; MISODENDRUM; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; PSITTACIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 33747455590     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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