Coadapted Competitors: The Flowering Seasons of Hummingbird-Pollinated Plants in a Tropical Forest
- 16 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 198 (4322) , 1177-1178
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.198.4322.1177
Abstract
A system of compensating phenological responses of different species to unusual rainfall conditions may play a major role in maintaining an orderly, staggered sequence of flowering peaks among the hummingbird-pollinated plants of a Costa Rican rain forest. Quantitative phenological studies over several years may be essential to understanding the temporal organization of many tropical communities.Keywords
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