Nectar as food for birds: The physiological consequences of drinking dilute sugar solutions

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 139-153

  Nicolson, S W ^a   Fleming, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hummingbirds; Nectarivory; Osmoregulation; Pollination; Sugar digestion; Sunbirds; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MELIPHAGIDAE; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037742484     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0276-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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