When hummingbirds are the thieves: Visitation effect on the reproduction of Neotropical snowbell Styrax ferrugineus Nees & Mart (Styracaceae);Quando os beija-flores são os ladrões: Efeito da visitação na reprodução de uma planta Neotropical Styrax ferrugineus Nees & Mart (Styracaceae)

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-64

  Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi ^a   Custódio, Luciana Nascimento ^a   Oliveira, Paulo Eugênio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Nectar dynamics; Nectar thieves; Pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; STYRACACEAE; STYRAX; STYRAX FERRUGINEUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84861690554     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-33062012000100007     Document Type: Article

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