Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-232

  Ollerton, Jeff ^a   Cranmer, Louise ^a,b   Stelzer, Ralph J ^b   Sullivan, Steve ^a   Chittka, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Canary Islands; Mutualism; Pollinator; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; ISLAND; LONGEVITY; MUTUALISM; PASSERINE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR; FLOWERS; PASSERIFORMES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POLLINATION; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

APOIDEA; AVES; CAMPANULACEAE; CANARINA; CANARINA CANARIENSIS; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPLEXIS; ISOPLEXIS CANARIENSIS; LOTUS BERTHELOTII; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS CANARIENSIS; PLANTAGINACEAE;

EID: 58249105900     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0467-8     Document Type: Article

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