Nectar robbing in the trainbearers (Lesbia, Trochilidae)

Many flower visitors engage in floral larceny, a suite of so-called ’illegitimate’ visits in which foragers take nectar without providing pollination services. The data on prevalence of illegitimate visits among hummingbirds, as well as the total proportion of foraging and diet that such visits comp...

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Main Authors: Boris Igić, Ivory Nguyen, Phillip B. Fenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9561.pdf