Morphological traits determine specialization and resource use in plant-hummingbird networks in the neotropics

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3325-3334

  Maglianesi, María Alejandra ^a,b   BlüThgen, Nico ^c   BöHning Gaese, Katrin ^a,d   Schleuning, Matthias ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL A DISTANCIA   (Costa Rica)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Costa Rica; Fourth corner analysis; Hummingbirds; Mutualistic networks; Neotropical forest; Optimal foraging; Pollination; Specialization; Trait complementarity; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIZATION;

COSTA RICA;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84920053403     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2261.1     Document Type: Article

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