Tropical forest fragmentation limits pollination of a keystone understory herb

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2202-2212

  Hadley, Adam S ^a   Frey, Sarah J K ^a   Douglas Robinson, W ^a   John Kress, W ^b   Betts, Matthew G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Heliconia; Hummingbird; Patch size; Phaethornis; Pollination; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HELICONIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HELICONIACEAE; POLLINATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84905661966     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0929.1     Document Type: Article

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