Article
Behavioural and morphological traits influence sex-specific floral resource use by hummingbirds.
The Journal of animal ecology - 1 Nov 2022
Maglianesi María A, Maruyama Pietro K, Temeles Ethan J, Schleuning Matthias, Zanata Thais B, Sazima Marlies, Gutiérrez-Zamora Aquiles, Marín-Gómez Oscar H, Rosero-Lasprilla Liliana, Ramírez-Burbano Mónica B, Ruffini Alejandra E, Salamanca-Reyes J Ricardo, Sazima Ivan, Nuñez-Rosas Laura E, Del Coro Arizmendi María, Rahbek Carsten, Dalsgaard Bo
Abstract excerpt
Research on resource partitioning in plant-pollinator mutualistic systems is mainly concentrated at the levels of species and communities, whereas differences between males and females are typically ignored. Nevertheless, pollinators often show large sexual differences in behaviour and morphology, which may lead to sex-specific patterns of resource use with the potential to differentially affect plant...
Topics
- Female
- Male
- Animals
- Pollination
- Birds
- Flowers
- Pollen
- Phenotype
- Plants