Plant-pollinator interactions and floral convergence in two species of Heliconia from the Caribbean Islands

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1075-1083

  Martén Rodríguez, Silvana ^a,b   Kress, W John ^a   Temeles, Ethan J ^c   Meléndez Ackerman, Elvia ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Heliconia; Hummingbird; Islands; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FLOWER VISITING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; PHENOTYPE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HELICONIACEAE; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; PUERTO RICO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FLOWERS; HELICONIACEAE; PHENOTYPE; POLLINATION; PUERTO RICO; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHRACOTHORAX DOMINICUS; HELICONIA; HELICONIA BIHAI; HELICONIA CARIBAEA;

EID: 80855138657     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2043-8     Document Type: Article

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