Do hummingbirds have a sweet-tooth? Gustatory sugar thresholds and sugar selection in the broad-billed hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Medina Tapia, Nubia ^a   Ayala Berdon, Jorge ^a   Morales Pérez, Lorena ^a   Melo, Leticia Mirón ^a   Schondube, Jorge E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cynanthus latirostris; Fructose; Glucose; Gustatory thresholds; Hummingbirds; Sucrose; Sugar flavor; Sugar preferences

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CYNANTHUS LATIROSTRIS; DIGESTION; GUSTATORY SUGAR THRESHOLD; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SUGAR INTAKE; SUGAR PREFERENCE TEST; TASTE ACUITY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; CYNANTHUS; CYNANTHUS LATIROSTRIS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84856095685     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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