Dark purple nectar as a foraging signal in a bird-pollinated Himalayan plant

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-195

  Zhang, Feng Ping ^a   Cai, Xiang Hai ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Ren, Zong Xin ^a   Larson Rabin, Zachary ^a   Li, De Zhu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

5 hydroxyflavylium; Anthocyanidin; Bird pollinator; Dark purple nectar; Foraging signal; Himalayas; Leucosceptrum canum

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

BIRD; COLOR; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NECTAR; ORNITHOPHILY; PALATABILITY; POLLINATOR; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAMIACEAE; METABOLISM; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; FRUIT; LAMIACEAE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS;

HIMALAYAS;

APIS MELLIFERA; AVES; LEUCOSCEPTRUM CANUM;

EID: 82955233838     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03894.x     Document Type: Article

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