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On the temperature-dependency of optimal nectar concentrations for birds

Authors: Calder, W. A.
Year: 1979
Journal: Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 78, pp. 185-196
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(79)90263-7
Keywords: HUMMINGBIRDS

Abstract

Hypothetically, flowers which have coevolved with pollination by hummingbirds could provide both energy and water balance simultaneously if they produced nectars of appropriate concentrations which depend upon environmental temperature.

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