Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds
Our article (1) provided a rationale for the vast volume of biological data (20 species of birds, bats, and insects) on optimal nectar concentrations measured in a laboratory setting. The comment of Rico-Guevara and Rubega (2) bears on our footnote, where the relative importance of nectar transport...
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| description | Our article (1) provided a rationale for the vast volume of biological data (20 species of birds, bats, and insects) on optimal nectar concentrations measured in a laboratory setting. The comment of Rico-Guevara and Rubega (2) bears on our footnote, where the relative importance of nectar transport via trapping and capillary rise in the specific case of hummingbird feeding is briefly touched on. The point of their comment is evidently to contest the fact that hummingbirds use capillary suction, so as to defend their claim to the contrary (3). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/767232022-09-28T08:32:38Z Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds Kim, Wonjung Gilet, Tristan Bush, John W. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Bush, John W. M. Kim, Wonjung Gilet, Tristan Our article (1) provided a rationale for the vast volume of biological data (20 species of birds, bats, and insects) on optimal nectar concentrations measured in a laboratory setting. The comment of Rico-Guevara and Rubega (2) bears on our footnote, where the relative importance of nectar transport via trapping and capillary rise in the specific case of hummingbird feeding is briefly touched on. The point of their comment is evidently to contest the fact that hummingbirds use capillary suction, so as to defend their claim to the contrary (3). 2013-02-04T21:01:02Z 2013-02-04T21:01:02Z 2012-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1091-6490 0027-8424 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76723 Kim, W., T. Gilet, and J. W. M. Bush. “Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar Loading in Hummingbirds.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109.15 (2012): E868–E868. Web. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-7256 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120728109 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) PNAS |
| spellingShingle | Kim, Wonjung Gilet, Tristan Bush, John W. M. Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds |
| title | Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds |
| title_full | Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds |
| title_fullStr | Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds |
| title_short | Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds |
| title_sort | reply to rico guevara and rubega nectar loading in hummingbirds |
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