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Innate olfactory preferences for flowers matching proboscis length ensure optimal energy gain in a hawkmoth

Cost efficient foraging is of especial importance for animals like hawkmoths or hummingbirds that are feeding ‘on the wing', making their foraging energetically demanding. The economic decisions made by these animals have a strong influence on the plants they pollinate and floral volatiles are...

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Autores principales: Haverkamp, Alexander, Bing, Julia, Badeke, Elisa, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27173441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11644