Convergent evolution of sunbird pollination systems of Impatiens species in tropical Africa and hummingbird systems of the New World

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10296155" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10296155 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985939:_____/15:00447993
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12475" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12475</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12475" target="_blank" >10.1111/bij.12475</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Convergent evolution of sunbird pollination systems of Impatiens species in tropical Africa and hummingbird systems of the New World
Original language description
The bird pollination systems of the New and Old Worlds evolved independently, and differ in many aspects. New World plants are often presented as those adapted to hovering birds while Old World plants to perching birds. Most Neotropical studies also demonstrate that in hummingbird species rich assemblages, only a small number of highly specialized birds exploits the most specialized plants with long corollas. Nevertheless, recent research on bird-plant pollination interactions suggest that sunbird pollination systems in the Old World have converged more with the highly specialized hummingbird pollination systems than previously thought. In this study we focus on the pollination systems of the bird pollination syndrome Impatiens species on Mt. Cameroon,West Africa. We show that despite the high diversity of sunbirds on Mt. Cameroon, only Cyanomitra oritis appear to be important pollinator of all Impatiens species. This asymmetry indicates the absence of pair wise co-evolution and point
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP505%2F11%2F1617" target="_blank" >GAP505/11/1617: Functional determinants of geographical gradients in avian diversity in sub-Saharan Africa</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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