Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds
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Kim, Wonjung
Gilet, Tristan
Bush, John W. M.
Date Issued
March 2012
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Citation
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.
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Abstract
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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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120728109
