A catch-all leguminous tree: Erythrina velutina visited and pollinated by vertebrates at an oceanic island

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Sazima, Ivan ^a   Sazima, Cristina ^a   Sazima, Marlies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FLOWER VISITING; LEGUME; LIZARD; NECTAR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PASSERINE; POLLINATION; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATLANTICUS; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; ELAENIA RIDLEYANA; ERYTHRINA (ANGIOSPERM); ERYTHRINA (BIRD); ERYTHRINA VELUTINA; EUPREPIS; FABACEAE; PASSERIFORMES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; VIREO GRACILIROSTRIS; ZENAIDA AURICULATA;

EID: 63149152752     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT08179     Document Type: Article

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