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Electrostatic Charge on Flying Hummingbirds and Its Potential Role in Pollination
Electrostatic phenomena are known to enhance both wind- and insect-mediated pollination, but have not yet been described for nectar-feeding vertebrates. Here we demonstrate that wild Anna's Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) can carry positive charges up to 800 pC while in flight (mean ± s.d.: 66 ± 12...
Autores principales: | Badger, Marc, Ortega-Jimenez, Victor Manuel, von Rabenau, Lisa, Smiley, Ashley, Dudley, Robert |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589311/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26421845 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138003 |
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