Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-605

  Fleming, P A ^a   Xie, S ^a   Napier, K ^a   McWhorter, T J ^a   Nicolson, S W ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digestive constraint; Honeyeater; Lorikeet; Nectar sugars; Plant pollinator co evolution; Sucrose hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEVOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; HYDROLYSIS; NECTAR; PASSERINE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SUGAR;

AVES; MELIPHAGIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 47249098997     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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