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Sugar Metabolism in Hummingbirds and Nectar Bats
Hummingbirds and nectar bats coevolved with the plants they visit to feed on floral nectars rich in sugars. The extremely high metabolic costs imposed by small size and hovering flight in combination with reliance upon sugars as their main source of dietary calories resulted in convergent evolution...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28704953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9070743 |