Plant-hummingbird interactions in the West Indies: Floral specialisation gradients associated with environment and hummingbird size

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-766

  Dalsgaard, Bo ^a,b   Martín González, Ana M ^b   Olesen, Jens M ^a   Ollerton, Jeff ^c   Timmermann, Allan ^a   Andersen, Laila H ^a   Tossas, Adrianne G ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Floral phenotype; Insect pollinator; Ornithophilous syndrome; Plant pollinator interaction; Specialisation gradient

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; COLOR; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; DOMINICA; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GRENADA; HISTOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; PUERTO RICO;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; DOMINICA; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; GRENADA; OBSERVATION; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; PUERTO RICO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; GREATER ANTILLES; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 62149101084     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1255-z     Document Type: Article

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