The effect of hummingbird flower mites on nectar availability of two sympatric Heliconia species in a Brazilian Atlantic forest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-588

  Da Cruz, Denise Dias ^a   Righetti De Abreu, Vanessa Holanda ^a   Van Sluys, Monique ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascidae; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Heliconia laneana var. flava; Heliconia spathocircinata; Hummingbird flower mites; Nectar production; Nectarivory

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOWER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LONGEVITY; MITE; NECTAR; NECTARIVORY; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; FLOWER; HELICONIACEAE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; FLOWERS; HELICONIACEAE; MITES; TREES;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; ASCIDAE; HELICONIA; HELICONIA SPATHOCIRCINATA; HELICONIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 34548273601     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm135     Document Type: Article

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