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Reproductive biology of Macleania rupestris (Ericaceae), a pollen-limited Neotropical cloud-forest species in Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2010

Eric J. Fuchs ,
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra  and
Gilbert Barrantes
Eric J. Fuchs
Affiliation:
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica. Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra*
Affiliation:
Dept. Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA. 95616, USA
Gilbert Barrantes
Affiliation:
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica. Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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The reproductive success of hummingbird-pollinated plants often depends on complex interactions between environmental conditions and pollinator biology (Navarro 1999, Stiles 1985, Wolf et al. 1976). The effect of environment on reproductive success of hummingbird-pollinated plants is particularly pronounced at high altitudes, where large daily fluctuations in temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation limit the effective time for photosynthesis (Cavieres et al. 2000) and affect foraging activity (Navarro 1999) and abundance of pollinators (Rahbek 1997). At high altitudes in the tropical cloud forests of Costa Rica these factors may have serious impacts on fruit production.

Keywords

Cerro de la Muertefruit-sethummingbird visitationphenology
Type
Short Communication
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 351 - 354
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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