Reply to Rico-Guevara and Rubega: Nectar loading in hummingbirds

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Kim, Wonjung; Gilet, Tristan; Bush, John W. M.
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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).
Date issued
2012-03
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76723
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publisher
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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1091-6490
0027-8424
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