Claim · model-written summary
Hummingbirds showed no diel partitioning in the observed network.
- Taxon
- hummingbirdsTrochilidaee0
- Interactor
- plantsViridiplantaee0other
- Outcome
- did not observe diel partitioninge0
- Setting
- Brazilian Atlantic foreste1
Verbatim
e0“We did not observe diel partitioning for either hummingbirds or plants.”
e1“We explored diel niche partitioning of a plant-hummingbird network in the Brazilian Atlantic forest for nine months.”
Title
Diel niche partitioning of a plant-hummingbird network in the Atlantic forest of Brazil
Andrea Nieto; Rafael O. Wüest; Catherine H. Graham; et al. Oecologia 2023. doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05347-4
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Plants showed no diel partitioning in the observed network.
- Observation Hummingbirds appeared to specialize in different plant species, consistent with trophic partitioning potentially arising from competition.
- Observation Co-flowering plants sharing hummingbird visits produced nectar at similar times, consistent with facilitation.
- Observation Plants and hummingbirds appeared to use different strategies for coexistence.