The Purple-crowned Lorikeet and Eucalypt Pollination

1 January 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Forestry

Vol. 35 (4) , 263-270
https://doi.org/10.1080/00049158.1971.10675560

Abstract

The purple-crowned lorikeet appears to be adapted to a diet of eucalypt pollen and nectar. The implications of this and the possible role of the bird in eucalypt pollination are discussed.

Keywords

ADAPTED
EUCALYPT POLLINATION
PURPLE CROWNED
CROWNED LORIKEET
POLLEN
BIRD

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Observations on pollen harvesting by brush-tongued lorikeets
Australian Journal of Zoology, 1970
EUCALYPTUS SIEBERIANA X REGNANS—AN ARTIFICIAL HYBRID
Australian Forestry, 1963
EUCALYPTUS IMPROVEMENT
Journal of Heredity, 1949