Low abundance of long-tongued pollinators leads to pollen limitation in four specialized hawkmoth-pollinated plants in the Atlantic Rain forest, Brazil

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 893-905

  Amorim, Felipe W ^a,b   Wyatt, Graham E ^b,c   Sazima, Marlies ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habenaria johannensis; Habenaria paulistana; Hillia parasitica; Nectar sugar gradient; Pollen limitation index; Posoqueria latifolia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATOR; RAINFOREST; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

HABENARIA; HILLIA PARASITICA; LEPIDOPTERA; POSOQUERIA LATIFOLIA; SPHINGIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; FLOWER; FOREST; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FLOWERS; FORESTS; MOTHS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84919754739     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1230-y     Document Type: Article

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