Passerine Pollination of Rhodoleia championii (Hamamelidaceae) in Subtropical China

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-341

  Gu, Lei ^a,b   Luo, Zhonglai ^a   Zhang, Dianxiang ^a   Renner, Susanne S ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aethopyga christinae; Bird pollination; European cretaceous fossils; Hamamelidaceae; Nectar feeding passerines; Zosterops japonicus

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DICOTYLEDON; PALEOCENE; PASSERINE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; NANKUN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST;

AETHOPYGA CHRISTINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; AVES; HAMAMELIDACEAE; HAMAMELIDIDAE; NECTARINIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; RHODOLEIA; RHODOLEIA CHAMPIONII; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS JAPONICUS;

EID: 77954137239     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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