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Similar to other bat species, female nectar-feeding bats should increase their energy intake after parturition to meet the energy demands of offspring growth. However, previous studies have shown that nectar-feeding bats differ from other similar-sized bats in having a much higher metabolic rate. ...
However, whereas cactus-flower abundance tends to be high during spring, bat population densities tend to be low except near maternity roosts.以及 organ pipe—were once exclusively pollinated at night by nectar-feeding bats, as their close relatives in arid tropical regions of southern Mexico ...
Effectiveness of nectar-feeding bats as pollinators of Stenocereus stellatus in cultivated, managed and wild populations in Chinango, OaxacaEffectiveness of nectar-feeding bats as pollinators of Stenocereus stellatus in cultivated, managed and wild populations in Chinango, OaxacaAriasC...
Mammals frequently use nectar as a supplementary food, while a predominantly nectarivorous lifestyle with morphological specializations for this feeding mode is rare within the class. However, Neotropical flower-visiting bats largely depend on nectar resources and show distinct adaptations to a nectar di...
This is alsotrueofenvironmentswherenectar-feedingmarsupials thrive[8].Thustoday,mostnectar-feedingprimateslivein Madagascar. It is possible that nectivory was com mon in early primates, but, outside Madagascar, nectivorous bats largelyreplacedthesenectivorousprimates. ...
Pollen analyses of bat guano, and of the stomach contents of 4 shorttailed bats from Omahuta Forest (Lat. 35掳10''S) and 3 from Stewart Island and adjacent islands (Lat. 47掳15''S), showed that most of the pollen was from flowers of Metrosideros and Leptospermum (Myrtaceae), Knightia...
The reproductive patterns and feeding habits of three sympatric nectarivorous bats, Glossophaga soricina, Anoura caudifera, and A. geoffroyi were studied in the Pousada das Araras Natural Reserve, located in Central Brazil. The bats were captured with mist nets from August 2000 to July 2001. ...
but some have escaped from captivity in theUnited Statesand now nest in several states. Its large stick nest isuniqueamong psittaciforms. Other remarkable parrots of this subfamily include thehanging parrots(Loriculus), which sleep upside-down like bats. Caiques (Pionites) are small, short-tail...
Abrahamczyk S, Souto-Vilarós D, Renner SS (2014b) Escape from extreme specialization: passionflowers, bats, and the Sword-billed hummingbird. Proc R Soc Lond B 281:20140888 Google Scholar Aguilar-Rodriguez PA, MacSwiney GMC, Krömer T, García-Franco JG, Knauer A, Kessler M (2014) ...