Community-wide assessment of pollen limitation in hummingbird-pollinated plants of a tropical montane rain forest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 903-910

  Wolowski, Marina ^a   Ashman, Tia Lynn ^b   Freitas, Leandro ^c  

^a Programa de Pós Graduação em Botânica Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brazil; community; hummingbird; Itatiaia National Park; Neotropics; ornithophily; pollen limitation; pollination biology

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; FRUIT SET; GERMINATION; MONTANE FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTION; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; ITALY;

EID: 84883254832     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct140     Document Type: Article

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