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Calculating nectar production rates: residual nectar and optimal foraging

Authors: Zimmerman, M.
Year: 1983
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 58, pp. 258-259
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00399227
Keywords: NECTAR PRODUCTION, OPTIMAL FORAGING, POLLINATION BIOLOGY, RMBL

Abstract

The fact that residual nectar exists is consistent with predictions of optimal foraging theory but more detailed work is necessary before it can be concluded that the volumes left behind in A. columbianum flowers are optimal.

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