Does height off the ground affect bird visitation and fruit set in the pollen-limited mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae)?

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-126

  Robertson, Alastair W ^a   Ladley, Jenny J ^b   Kelly, Dave ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthornis melanura; Bellbirds; Height effects; New Zealand; Pollen limitation; Pollination; Sampling bias; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; HEIGHT; PASSERINE; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; SAMPLING BIAS; SHRUB; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANTHORNIS MELANURA; AVES; LORANTHACEAE; PERAXILLA TETRAPETALA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 38149127046     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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