Sunbird surprise for syndromes

Jeff Ollerton ()
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Jeff Ollerton: School of Environmental Science, Nene-University College Northampton

Nature, 1998, vol. 394, issue 6695, 726-727

Abstract: Predictions can be made about how a given plant might be pollinated by looking at its morphology, colour, nectar and odour. But scientists are increasingly finding that these predictions aren't reliable. The latest example is that ofMicroloma sagittatum, a member of the milkweed family, which, against all expectations, has been found to be pollinated by the South African sunbird Nectarinia chalybea.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/29409

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