Evolutionary associations between nectar properties and specificity in bird pollination systems

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Johnson, Steven D ^a   Nicolson, Susan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe; Erythrina; Floral syndrome; Nectar concentration; Nectar sugars; Occasional nectarivores

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANGIOSPERM; NECTAR; NECTARIVORY; ORNITHOPHILY; PASSERINE; POLLINATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOWER; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NECTAR; NECTARIVORE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ALOE; AVES; ERYTHRINA (BIRD); PASSERIFORMES; TROCHILIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 40949103112     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0496     Document Type: Article

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