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Retrospective study on admission trends of Californian hummingbirds found in urban habitats (1991–2016) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Hummingbirds are frequently presented to California wildlife rehabilitation centers for medical care, accounting for approximately 5% of overall admissions.
Pranav S. Pandit +11 more
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Supplementary Material for: Vocal communication in hummingbirds
, 2022 Hummingbirds exhibit complex vocal repertoires that they use in their social interactions. Furthermore, they are capable of vocal production learning, an ability they share with songbirds, parrots, some non-oscine birds, and some mammals including humans.
Carruth L.L. (11992253) +1 more
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PLoS ONE, 2018 Despite the popular use of hummingbird feeders, there are limited studies evaluating the effects of congregation, sharing food resources and increased contact when hummingbirds visit feeders in urban landscapes.
Ruta R Bandivadekar +7 more
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Neonicotinoid pesticides exert metabolic effects on avian pollinators
Scientific Reports, 2021 Neonicotinoids are neurotoxic systemic insecticides applied extensively worldwide. The impacts of common neonicotinoids like imidacloprid on non-target invertebrate pollinators have been widely studied, however effects on vertebrate pollinators have ...
Simon G. English +6 more
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Wild rufous hummingbirds use local landmarks to return to rewarded locations [PDF]
, 2016 Animals may remember an important location with reference to one or more visual landmarks. In the laboratory, birds and mammals often preferentially use landmarks near a goal (“local landmarks”) to return to that location at a later date.
Pritchard, David J +3 more
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Wild hummingbirds require a consistent view of landmarks to pinpoint a goal location [PDF]
, 2018 Funding: This work was supported by the University of St Andrews, the University of Lethbridge and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada.One outcome of the extensive work on the ways that birds and insects use visual landmarks to return ...
Pritchard, David J +8 more
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Microbiome composition of Anna's hummingbirds differs among regions of the gastrointestinal tract
Journal of Avian Biology, 2022 The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome is an important mediator and indicator of host physiology, health and fitness in many vertebrate systems, but sources of variation in microbiome composition within species are poorly understood, particularly in free ...
Rachel Dutch +3 more
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Floral ecology of Puya ctenorhyncha (Bromeliaceae) an endemic plant of Bolivia
Botanical Sciences, 2023 Background: The terrestrial bromeliad Puya ctenorhyncha is a near-threatened endemic species that grows between 2,500-4,050 m asl. Hypotheses: Hummingbirds are the most important visitors of this plant given its morphological and floral traits. Study
Paola Velásquez-Noriega +2 more
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What hummingbirds can tell us about cognition in the wild.
, 2013 Here we review around 20 years of experimental data that we have collected during tests of cognitive abilities of free-living, wild rufous hummingbirds Selasphorus rufus at their breeding grounds in southwestern Alberta.
Healy, Susan Denise +3 more
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