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Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1851-1862, August 2026.ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.We evaluated nectar robbery by native and invasive bumblebees in the hummingbird‐pollinated shrub Desfontainia fulgens in southern Chile. Nectar robbery strongly reduced nectar standing crop and altered floral visitation patterns, but these proximate effects did not translate into reduced seed production under natural pollination conditions.
Carlos E. Valdivia, José I. Orellana
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The foraging behaviour of hummingbirds through space and time
, 2015 Central place foragers, such as territorial hummingbirds, feed from resources that tend to be constant in space and to replenish with time (e.g. nectar in flowers).
Tello Ramos, Maria Cristina
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Bio‐inspired nanophotonics: Structural color, chirality, and resonance metasurfaces
InfoMat, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2026.A butterfly‐wing‐inspired anisotropic plasmonic flatband resonant metasurface. Insets, photo of the butterfly, Sasakia charonda, and the SEM image of its wing scale (above); the SEM image of the metasurface (below). Abstract The dazzling colors of butterfly wings and hummingbird feathers are not painted with pigments, but crafted by nature's invisible ...
Weihan Liu, Yao Liang, Din Ping Tsai
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Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 2275-2285, July 2026.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Niche partitioning is often considered an important mechanism promoting species co‐occurrence in species‐rich communities. As species richness increases, niche partitioning may lead to different niche structures, including increased packing of species niches when the ...
Bryan G. Rojas +3 more
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Generalist passerine birds perform a functional role as pollinators in temperate Europe
Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 7, July 2026.Nectar‐feeding birds are effective pollinators. In temperate Europe, songbirds visit flowers but lack specialist traits, so functional pollination has been discounted. We use observations, pollen identification and experiments to demonstrate that generalist birds affect fruit‐set of flowering trees.
Sandra H. Anderson +2 more
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Nectar as food for birds: The physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions
, 2003 Nectarivory has evolved many times in birds: although best known in hummingbirds, sunbirds and honeyeaters, it also occurs on an opportunistic basis in a varied assortment of birds. We present a phylogenetic analysis of the distribution of nectarivory in
Fleming, P.A., Nicolson, S.W.
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Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds
, 2014 SummaryThe tempo of species diversification in large clades can reveal fundamental evolutionary mechanisms that operate on large temporal and spatial scales [1–4].
Remsen, J.V. +6 more
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Hummingbirds and the plants they visit in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 We describe the relative abundance, plant species visited, and plant communities used by hummingbird species inhabiting the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, a semiarid area in South-central Mexico.
Raúl Ortiz-Pulido +3 more
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Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT Aim To investigate the historical processes underlying the assembly of the flora of the Chocó region, with a focus on the relative contributions of dispersal and in situ speciation. Using Inga (Leguminosae) as a model lineage, we evaluate the origin and diversification of species present in the Chocó.
Kelly T. Bocanegra‐González +9 more
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