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. 1977 Dec 16;198(4322):1177-8.
doi: 10.1126/science.198.4322.1177.

Coadapted competitors: the flowering seasons of hummingbird-pollinated plants in a tropical forest

F G Stiles

Coadapted competitors: the flowering seasons of hummingbird-pollinated plants in a tropical forest

F G Stiles. Science. .

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.

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