Experimental evidence for specialized bird pollination in the endangered South African orchid Satyrium rhodanthum and analysis of associated floral traits

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 141-150

  Van der Niet, Timotheüs ^a,b,c   Cozien, Ruth J ^a,c   Johnson, Steven D ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Exclusion experiment; Floral scent; Flower colour; Pollen transfer efficiency; Pollination syndrome; Sunbird

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920874498     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12229     Document Type: Article

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