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The Orientation of Visual Space from the Perspective of Hummingbirds [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2018 Vision is a key component of hummingbird behavior. Hummingbirds hover in front of flowers, guide their bills into them for foraging, and maneuver backwards to undock from them.
Luke P Tyrrell +2 more
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Metabolic Fates of Evening Crop-Stored Sugar in Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris)
Diversity, 2019 During the day, hummingbirds quickly metabolize floral nectar to fuel high metabolic demands, but are unable to feed at night. Though stored fat is the primary nocturnal metabolic fuel, it has been suggested that hummingbirds store nectar in their crop ...
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Ecologies, 2023 Hummingbirds are charismatic fauna that provide important pollination services, including in the continental US, where 15 species regularly breed. Compared to other birds in North America, hummingbirds (family Trochilidae) have a unique exposure route to
Matthew A Etterson, S Thomas Purucker
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Computer vision analysis to identify episodic flapping in hovering hummingbirds [PDF]
Biology OpenMaria Ximena Bastidas-Rodriguez +10 more
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Elevational and Seasonal Patterns of Plant–Hummingbird Interactions in a High Tropical Mountain [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionTropical mountain ecosystems harbor diverse biological communities, making them valuable models for exploring the factors that shape ecological interactions along environmental gradients.
Eugenia M. Sentíes‐Aguilar +8 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Avian pox is a common avian virus that in its cutaneous form can cause characteristic lesions on a bird's dermal surfaces. Detection of avian pox in free-ranging birds historically relied on observations of visual lesions and/or histopathology, both ...
Aoife N. Galvin +10 more
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Hummingbird ingestion of low-concentration ethanol within artificial nectar
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Both frugivores and nectarivores are potentially exposed to dietary ethanol produced by fermentative yeasts which metabolize sugars. Some nectarivorous mammals exhibit a preference for low-concentration ethanol solutions compared to controls of ...
Julia Choi +6 more
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Current Biology, 2020 Hummingbirds are widely recognized by their hovering flight. In this Quick guide, Altshuler and Wylie describe the visual specializations that allow for the hummingbird's flight abilities.
Douglas L, Altshuler, Douglas R, Wylie
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Current Biology, 2012 Hummingbirds are very distinctive in their form and behavior, the evolution of which is tightly connected to the evolution of their primary source of energy - floral nectar. About forty million years ago, the practical use of this dense fuel, available only in widely-dispersed, insect-sized aliquots - it was originally intended for insect pollinators -
Warrick, Douglas +4 more
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Hovering in the heat: effects of environmental temperature on heat regulation in foraging hummingbirds [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 At high temperature (greater than 40°C) endotherms experience reduced passive heat dissipation (radiation, conduction and convection) and increased reliance on evaporative heat loss.
Donald R. Powers +5 more
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