Pollen consumption by flower mites in three hummingbird-pollinated plant species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-105

  Velázquez, Tonatiuh ^a   Ornelas, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flower longevity; Flower mites; Hummingbirds; Male fitness; Pollen transfer; Protandry

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LONGEVITY; MITE; POLLEN; PROTANDRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACARI; CAMPANULACEAE; GESNERIACEAE; LOBELIA; LOBELIA CARDINALIS; LOBELIA LAXIFLORA; MOUSSONIA DEPPEANA; TROCHILIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; LOBELIA; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; LOBELIA; MITES; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77449137512     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9309-4     Document Type: Article

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