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Ornithophily and Extraforal Color Patters in Columnea florida Morton (Gesneriaceae)

open access: yes, 1972
Hummingbirds, such as the Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) and the Green-Crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) apparently are attracted to the hidden flowers of Columnea florida Morton (Gesneriaceae) by two conspicuous red spots located on the ...
Jones, C. Eugene, Jr., Rich, Pat Vickers
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Historia natural y conservación de los mutualismos planta-animal del bosque templado de Sudamérica austral Natural history and conservation of plant-animal mutualisms in the temperate forest of southern South America

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2002
El bosque templado de Sudamérica austral (BTSA) se caracteriza por poseer un biota altamente endémica y una flora que exhibe una de las más altas incidencias de polinización biótica (particularmente ornitofilia) y dispersión animal (particularmente ...
MARCELO A. AIZEN   +2 more
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Aspectos de la relación entre Thalurania Furcata Colombica (Aves Trochilidae) y las flores en que liba, en un bosque subandino Aspectos de la relación entre Thalurania Furcata Colombica (Aves Trochilidae) y las flores en que liba, en un bosque subandino

open access: yesCaldasia, 1986
El mayor nivel de coadaptación ave nectarívora-flor conocido hasta el momento, se ha logrado en los Trochilidae (VAN DER PIJL & DODSON,1969; FEINSINGER et al., 1979) ; tanto, que se ha hablado de flores adaptadas a la polinización por una especie ...
Ayala R. Ana Victoria
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Cyathodes divaricata (Epacridaceae) the first record of a bird-pollinated dioecious plant in the Australian flora

open access: yes, 2000
The geographically restricted Tasmanian endemic Cyathodes divaricata Hook.f. is functionally dioecious but, unusually, is pollinated by several species of nectarivorous birds including honeyeaters (Meliphagidae).
Higham, RK (15482954)   +1 more
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Floral biology of the Cunoniaceae in New Caledonia and the role of insects, birds and geckos as potential pollinators

open access: yes, 2015
International audienceCunoniaceae are represented in New Caledonia by some 90 species, all of them endemic, and the family is thus a significant element in this diverse island flora.
Fogliani, B.   +10 more
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Petal Micromorphology And Its Relationship To Pollination

open access: yes, 2017
The characteristics of petal epidermal conical cells affect the quality of the signals perceived by various pollinators. This study aimed to identify variations in micromorphological characteristics of flower petals and their relationship to melittophily,
Costa V.B.S.   +4 more
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POLLINATION OF 3 SPECIES OF ABUTILON (MALVACEAE) INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN BAT AND HUMMINGBIRD FLOWER SYNDROMES

open access: yes, 2015
Some species of Abutilon in southeastern Brazil overlap their flower features between hummingbird and bat pollination syndromes. We studied three such species in the montane rainforest in southeastern Brazil. Abutilon rufinerve, A. regnellii and A.
BUZATO, S, SAZIMA, M, SAZIMA, I
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The evolution of bird pollination in Macaronesian Lotus section Rhyncholotus (Leguminosae)

open access: yes, 2011
In order to understand the evolutionary transition from bee pollination (melittophily) to bird pollination (ornithophily), I studied a group of Lotus from Macaronesia.
Ojeda Alayon, Isidro
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