Raising the Sugar Content – Orchid Bees Overcome the Constraints of Suction Feeding through Manipulation of Nectar and Pollen Provisions

Unlike most other bees, the long-tongued orchid bees ingest nectar using suction feeding. Although long tongues allow exploitation of flowers with deep spurs, the energy intake rate is optimal at 10–20% lower nectar sugar concentrations compared to that of lapping bees. This constraint might be comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Pokorny, Tamara, Lunau, Klaus, Eltz, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25422945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113823

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25422945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113823

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