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Trochilidae

Known as: hummingbird, hummingbirds 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Unpredictability of nectar nicotine promotes outcrossing by hummingbirds in Nicotiana attenuata.
Many plants use sophisticated strategies to maximize their reproductive success via outcrossing. Nicotiana attenuata flowers… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The oasis effect: response of birds to exurban development in a southwestern savanna.
Ranches are being converted to exurban housing developments in the southwestern United States, with potentially significant but… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
CONSEQUENCES OF NECTAR ROBBING FOR REALIZED MALE FUNCTION IN A HUMMINGBIRD‐POLLINATED PLANT
The effects of nectar robbers on plants and their mutualistic pollinators are poorly understood due, in part, to the paucity of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Food ingestion and water turnover in hummingbirds: how much dietary water is absorbed?
Hummingbirds are specialized nectarivores that feed on dilute solutions of sugars with trace amounts of amino acids and… 
1988
1988
Choice of Individual Flowers By Bumble Bees: Interaction of Morphology, Time and Energy
The purpose of this study was to describe the energetic mechanism underlying the choice of individual flowers of a single plant… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Tracking varying environments: sampling by hummingbirds
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Optimal sugar concentrations of floral nectars —dependence on sugar intake efficiency and foraging costs
SummaryA model is developed to elucidate the determinants of sugar concentrations in flower nectars. This model analyses the… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Roles of the wing whistle in the territorial behaviour of male broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)
1981
1981
Why hummingbirds hover and honeyeaters perch
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
EVOLUTION OF PAIR COOPERATION IN A TROPICAL HUMMINGBIRD
In contrast with the many species of birds that form pairs during the breeding season, hummingbirds, in general, have a… 
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