Pollen transfer on birds' tongues.
| dc.contributor.author | Pauw, A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-01T12:43:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-01T12:43:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-08-01T10:40:29Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Plants are adapted for pollination by birds in diverse and intricate ways. Here I describe an extraordinary example of these adaptations. The flowers of Microloma sagittatum, a member of the milkweed family, clip parcels of pollen precisely onto the tongues of sunbirds. The pollen parcels are carried inside the bird's mouth to the next flower where they are detached mechanically. This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first evidence for pollen transfer on the tongues of birds, a phenomenon that might be more widespread. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/29421 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Pauw, A. (1998). Pollen transfer on birds' tongues. <i>Nature</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21087 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Pauw, A "Pollen transfer on birds' tongues." <i>Nature</i> (1998) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21087 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pauw, A. (1998). Pollen transfer on birds' tongues. Nature, 394(6695), 731-732. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0028-0836 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Pauw, A AB - Plants are adapted for pollination by birds in diverse and intricate ways. Here I describe an extraordinary example of these adaptations. The flowers of Microloma sagittatum, a member of the milkweed family, clip parcels of pollen precisely onto the tongues of sunbirds. The pollen parcels are carried inside the bird's mouth to the next flower where they are detached mechanically. This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first evidence for pollen transfer on the tongues of birds, a phenomenon that might be more widespread. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Nature LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 SM - 0028-0836 T1 - Pollen transfer on birds' tongues TI - Pollen transfer on birds' tongues UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21087 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21087 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Pauw A. Pollen transfer on birds' tongues. Nature. 1998; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21087. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Nature | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html | |
| dc.title | Pollen transfer on birds' tongues. | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |