Morphological and spatio‐temporal mismatches shape a neotropical savanna plant‐hummingbird network

PK Maruyama, J Vizentin‐Bugoni, GM Oliveira… - Biotropica, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Complex networks of species interactions might be determined by species traits but also by
simple chance meetings governed by species abundances. Although the idea that species …

Pollination syndromes ignored: importance of non-ornithophilous flowers to Neotropical savanna hummingbirds

PK Maruyama, GM Oliveira, C Ferreira, B Dalsgaard… - …, 2013 - Springer
Generalization prevails in flower–animal interactions, and although animal visitors are not
equally effective pollinators, most interactions likely represent an important energy intake for …

Spatial distance and climate determine modularity in a cross‐biomes plant–hummingbird interaction network in Brazil

AC Araujo, AM Martín González, B Sandel… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We examined the effects of space, climate, phylogeny and species traits on module
composition in a cross‐biomes plant–hummingbird network. Location Brazil, except …

Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado

CS Ballarin, L Hachuy‐Filho, MJW Doria… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nectar is the most common floral resource that mediates plant–pollinator interactions, and its
spatiotemporal distribution is related to pollinator attraction and can influence pollinator …

Pollination by birds

SH Anderson, D Kelly, AW Robertson… - Why birds matter: avian …, 2016 - degruyter.com
Birds provide ecosystem services by facilitating plant reproduction as both pollinators and
seed dispersers, but to date bird pollination has been considered relatively less important …

Species morphology better predicts plant–hummingbird interactions across elevations than nectar traits

MA Maglianesi, E Brenes… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species traits greatly influence interactions between plants and pollinators where floral
nectar is the primary energy source fostering this mutualism. However, very little is known …

Convergent evolution of sunbird pollination systems of Impatiens species in tropical Africa and hummingbird systems of the New World

Š Janeček, M Bartoš, KY Njabo - Biological Journal of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The bird pollination systems of the New and Old Worlds evolved independently, and differ in
many aspects. New World plants are often presented as those adapted to hovering birds …

Nectar volume is positively correlated with flower size in hummingbird-visited flowers in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

DC Tavares, L Freitas, MC Gaglianone - Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2016 - cambridge.org
We studied the relationship between flower size and nectar properties of hummingbird-
visited flowers in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We analysed the nectar volume and …

Forbidden links, trait matching and modularity in plant-hummingbird networks: Are specialized modules characterized by higher phenotypic floral integration?

J Izquierdo-Palma, M del Coro Arizmendi, C Lara… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Background Plant-pollinator mutualistic networks show non-random structural properties
that promote species coexistence. However, these networks show high variability in the …

[PDF][PDF] Se essa rua fosse minha eu mandava semear: plantas ornamentais nativas para manutenção de polinizadores em áreas urbanas nos campos de cima da …

FP ARAÚJO, PA Klein, M Fernandes… - Pesquisas …, 2022 - researchgate.net
RESUMO O paisagismo contemporâneo emprega, cada vez mais, exemplares de espécies
nativas, adotando a abordagem sustentável. A escolha de plantas nativas para a …